How long does it usually take for legislation to pass? (Like my $2 Bill Redesign)

Does anyone here have any idea how long it generally takes legislation to pass? I ask because, the BEP's fiscal year 2012 starts in October I believe, and in fiscal year 2012, there is an order to print more $2 bills, so I was just wondering, is there a chance that my $2 bill redesign legislation could be passed and new design printing plates could be made in time for the fiscal year 2012 print runs of Series 2009 $2 bills to be the new design? And, if some current style $2s get printed, is there still a chance they will print more, of the new design later on in the year?

Oh, and while I am posting this, I might as well ask, IF my idea for $200, $500 and possibly $1,000 bills passes, do you think that the government will wait until the next round of currency redesigns, which I believe is scheduled for 2013 or 2014, to print these denominations, rather than printing a bunch of them as the current series and end up destroying a bunch of them?

 

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Quite frankly, I don't believe your idea will be approved anytime soon. Monetary redesign is not a big Congressional priority especially not in the year before a presidential election. Hundreds of bills for proposed commemmorative coins are introduced every session but only a few make it through.

It took 4 years for the State Quarter program to make it through Congress and another 2 to implement. It had the support of the both the Treasury Secretary and the Director of the Mint yet took this long to get through.

I am not trying to be a naysayer -- after all, every idea starts somewhere -- but you need to be realistic. I do applaud your enthusiasm.

 

Can we see pics of your new designs?

 

Well, the only reason I thought this redesign would see interest, was because of the features for the visually impaired, and I thought they took a lot of importance in that. Plus I did not think it would tak as long to come up with redesigned $2 bill designs as it would, say, new $20 designs, because the $20 bill is a large denomination and also needs anti-counterfeiting features, where the $2 would mainly only need a few design feature changes, and thats it.

Well, maybe the Congress, Treasury, and U.S. Mint would find this idea as a good idea to get people to support the $1 coin more, as they would be aware of their "paper alternative"

Oh, believe me, I am trying to be realistic, its just that I am new at this game, and I have no idea how fast or slow it works.