Decisions and practices that use evidence to enact laws

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Evidence-based legislation

<p><b>Evidence-based legislation</b> (<b>EBL</b>) is a legislative concept which calls for the use of the best available <a href="/en/Scientific_evidence" title="Scientific evidence" class="wl">scientific evidence</a> and systematically collected <a href="/en/Data" title="Data" class="wl">data</a>, when available, by <a href="/en/Legislature" title="Legislature" class="wl">legislatures</a> as a basis for their formulation and writing of law. Evidence-based legislation has its roots in the larger movement towards <a href="/en/Evidence-based_practices" title="Evidence-based practices" class="mw-redirect wl">evidence-based practices</a>,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-auto_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> and depends on multiple other factors, including evidence gathering, qualitative and quantitative data analyses, stakeholder assessments, expert input, cost-benefit analyses, and continued monitoring and equation.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-auto_1-1"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></p>

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Evidence-based legislation is a legislative concept which calls for the use of the best available scientific evidence and systematically collected data, when available, by legislatures as a basis for their formulation and writing of law. Evidence-based legislation has its roots in the larger movement towards evidence-based practices, 