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amendment| A change or addition to a legislative bill, law, or constitution. The most well known amendments are to the US Constitution; the first ten of these comprise the Bill of Rights. |
| Amendments are often added to bills before legislatures vote on them to become law. They can also be added to existing laws or constitutions. Proposed amendments usually go through a standard procedure before they are incorporated into legislation. |
| In the US Constitution, Article V provides for amendments. For an amendment to pass, two-thirds of the members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives must approve it, and three-fourths of the states must ratify it. In 2002, the US Constitution had a total of 27 amendments. |
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