legislate

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI companies should not wait for governments to legislate before implementing their own safety controls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The owners know they can’t legislate smarts into their contract, so they’re trying the next best thing — tying the hands of their own big spenders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Nicholas Bednar and Max Sarinsky, came up with a few solutions that Congress could legislate without violating Slaughter, and I do think it’s worth lifting those up.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

If bondholders are going to legislate good borrower behavior via debt contracts, why stop at transparency?

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

And the failure of Prohibition would provide the nation with a powerful lesson in the pitfalls of attempting to legislate morality.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

First, it legislates more than mere time, place and manner restrictions.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2023

“When Congress legislates expenditures and puts in place tax policy that determines taxes, those are the crucial decisions Congress is making,” Yellen told the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2021

This division of responsibility—Congress legislates policy goals and agencies implement them effectively—is the foundation of functional government.

From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2020

The 2010 Equalities Act legislates for this kind of discrimination.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2018

He is obliged to take the reports of others, and consequently very often legislates unadvisedly.

From Diary in America, Series Two by Frederick Marryat

It was legislated to continue for at least three years, through 2027.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

The White House’s plan “may represent a policy opening” that “could evolve into a legislated, progressive, and secure universal system,” said Wealth Equity Lab’s Ghilarducci in the statement.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

The government has legislated that health insurers must make money.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026

Believing that slavery could only be legislated out of existence state by state, Clay campaigned for a convention to rewrite Kentucky’s constitution to set slavery on a course toward extinction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

It had been legislated and regulated to at least seem fair.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The Irish government has warned that it is considering legislating in the absence of an EU decision.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

This week marks the eighth anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling that struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act and allowed states to begin legislating sports betting.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

WSJ Analysis The U.S. plan rests on a series of promises by Russia, including legislating in its parliament a policy of non-aggression towards Europe and Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

The government is currently legislating to strengthen the right of employees across the UK to request working from home and says that it intends to make it harder for employers to turn down requests.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025

On Friday, the thirteenth of February 2009, at 2:15 p.m., after a long week of legislating, the Utah House of Representatives met to discuss texting and driving.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel