legislative
adj.adj. related to the making of laws. You use this to describe the part of a government that has the power to write and pass new rules.
adj. relating to the process of making or enacting laws. Typically describes the branch of government or the specific powers responsible for statutory creation.
The government is planning new legislative changes.
The legislative branch of the government spent months debating the new environmental protection bill before it finally passed.
The country's legislative framework underwent a significant overhaul to align national trade standards with international treaties, requiring a series of complex amendments to existing statutes.
From legislate + -ive.
Typically precedes the noun it modifies; frequently collocated with 'branch', 'process', or 'agenda'.