Sentence examples for act were passed from inspiring English sources

During the defiance campaign, the Public Safety Act and the Criminal Law Amendment Act were passed.

The relevant clauses in the 2003 act were passed by Parliament, but never came into law because of a last-minute government manoeuvre.

Ms. Brownback said orders of protection have been around almost as long as the penal code itself, but their powers were enhanced in 1994, when the federal Violence Against Women Act and the state's Family Protection and Domestic Violence Intervention Act were passed.

When early environmental laws like the Clean Air Act were passed, industry held because there was not the technology to actually implement the laws.

Federal jurisdiction regarding criminal law was narrow until the late 19th century when the Interstate Commerce Act and Sherman Antitrust Act were passed.

During the battle over health care reform, we heard time and again that there would be "death panels" if the Reform Act were passed.

3. October 26 , 2001 The Patriot Act is passed.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed by Congress in 2002.

The Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010.

The JOBS Act was passed with bipartisan support.

I was 10 when the Equal Pay Act was passed.