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In early August, the Motor Carrier Safety Administration moved to codify those language requirements through the federal rulemaking process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

The poor conditions were also the backdrop for a push in 1980 by the New Progressive Party governor at the time, Carlos Romero Barceló, to codify voting rights for prisoners.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

"In the Writing categories, the rules codify that screenplays must be human-authored to be eligible."

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

In a social media post on Wednesday, Trump said he would ask Congress to "codify" the plan and would discuss it further at the Davos World Economic Forum later this month.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026

He had tried to codify the evil uses of might by individuals, so that he might set bounds to them by the impersonal justice of the state.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

It’s important to remember that it was 1976, so this particular fashion choice was not yet au courant, because they had just codified it.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

Birthright citizenship for people born in US territories such as Puerto Rico is codified by federal statute.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

The islands’ extreme deference to animals—many of which only exist here—was codified into law in 2022 in a landmark case involving a woolly monkey named Estrellita.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

He said doing so was likely illegal even if the City Council agreed to it, because of “housing first” policies codified in state law.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

Moreover, there was an even more elemental understanding implicitly codified in Philadelphia but actually predating the Constitutional Convention by many years.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

For it to move forward, the city attorney’s office needs to draft language codifying the change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

“What is the problem of codifying in law that you’re not allowed to?” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

The state secretary for digitalisation, Alexander Pröll, from the conservative ÖVP, said that a draft bill codifying the ban would be presented by the end of June.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

They also recalled little pushback when DHS formally banned chokeholds and other tactics in 2023; it was merely codifying the norm.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026

For some time Fitzjames might hope, though he hoped with trembling, that something would come of his various codifying projects.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Sir Leslie Stephen