Bill Integrity (BI)
Also known as: BI · integrity
How strong the bill's text is - how close it sits to the strongest version of the idea. Built up by careful drafting, damaged by hostile amendments, deals, and concessions. A passed bill at low BI is a hollow win.
Why it matters
Every concession that buys a vote subtracts something from what the bill does. 'Bill integrity' is the gap between the strongest version of the law you could write and the one heading to the governor, and the question it forces is the hardest in legislating: at what point does a watered-down win stop being a win? Plenty of real statutes pass as headlines and fail as policy.
In the game
Bill Integrity is The Bill to Law Game's conscience meter. You can pass almost anything if you trade away enough. The end-of-run debrief shows exactly what your version still does, and what it no longer does.