# Signing ceremony > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Signing_ceremony > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Signing_ceremony.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signing_ceremony > Source revision: 1273942433 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Ceremony in which a document of importance is signed}} [[Image:Bush signs Rosa Parks statue bill.jpg|thumb|U.S. President [George W. Bush](/source/George_W._Bush) signs a law in 2005 to place a statue of [Rosa Parks](/source/Rosa_Parks) at the [U.S. Capitol](/source/United_States_Capitol).]] A '''signing ceremony''' is a [ceremony](/source/ceremony) in which a document of importance is [signed](/source/Signature) (approved). Typically the document is a [bill](/source/Bill_(proposed_law)) passed by a [legislature](/source/legislature), thus becoming a [law](/source/law) by an executive's signature. However, the document may also be, for example, an [executive order](/source/executive_order),{{cite book |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PPP-1993-book2/pdf/PPP-1993-book2.pdf |title=Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States |year=1993 |issue=2 |pages=1475, C1 |quote="Remarks at the Signing Ceremony for the Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles", "Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement Reform, Executive order signing ceremony", "Budget control and deficit reduction, Executive order signing ceremony", "Historically black colleges and universities, Executive order signing ceremony"}}{{cite journal |title=The Union Postal Clerk & the Postal Transport Journal |year=1969 |quote="President RICHARD M. NIXON signed the new "LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS IN THE FEDERAL SERVICE" Executive Order on October 29. The formal signing ceremony took place in the Cabinet Room of the White House..." |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ynolAAAAMAAJ&q=%22signing+ceremony%22+%22}}{{cite journal |title=American Review of Politics |volume=28-29 |page=204 |publisher=[University of Central Arkansas Press](/source/University_of_Central_Arkansas_Press) |year=2007 |quote=Furthermore, Bush signed the second pair [of] executive orders in a setting that closely resembled that of a traditional bill signing ceremony, as if they were regular pieces of legislation. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rmVSaB2gpPkC&q=%22signing+ceremony%22}} international agreement, or a [veto statement](/source/veto_statement) that invalidates a legislative measure.{{USCongRec|1989|13591}} "The President should have had the veto signing ceremony at the local gas station." [https://books.google.com/books?id=rysuWsODzIcC&q=%22veto+signing+ceremony%22]{{cite journal |title=Penn State Law Review |year=2006 |page=545 |quote=[Governor Ehrlich](/source/Governor_Ehrlich) stated at the veto signing ceremony that... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=shlMAQAAIAAJ&q=%22veto+signing+ceremony%22}}{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/2019/3/15/18267745/new-zealand-mosque-attack-invade-trump |last=Ward |first=Alex |title=The New Zealand shooter called immigrants "invaders." Hours later, so did Trump. |date=March 15, 2019 |work=[Vox.com](/source/Vox.com) |access-date=March 15, 2019 |quote=On Friday, Trump issued the first veto of his presidency to override a congressional blockade of the national emergency he declared at America's southern border. During the veto signing ceremony, Trump explained why he felt a national emergency was warranted to stop migrants from entering the US.}} The act of [electronically signing](/source/Electronic_signature) a document may be referred to as a signing ceremony.{{cite patent | inventor1-last = Leoutsarakos | inventor1-first = Nikos | inventor2-last = Lan | inventor2-first = Oliver | inventor3-last = London | inventor3-first = John | inventor4= Nathalie Benoit, Tomlinson Rauscher, Paul Chronopoulos| title = Signing ceremony system and method | quote = A system and method for conducting an electronic signing ceremony is provided. The electronic signing ceremony may include a number of defined steps performed by one or more people on a number of documents in a predetermined order. | issue-date = 2009 | patent-number = 9286596B2 | country-code = US}}{{cite press release | author= | title = eIDAS Regulation Launching Event 14 October 2014 | quote = During the event, an electronic signature ceremony of the eIDAS Regulation was held. | publisher = European Commission | date = October 14, 2014 | access-date = 2020-01-13 | url = https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/eidas-regulation-launching-event}}{{cite web | last = Matthews | first = Jane | title = To sign or not to sign? Signatures and signing ceremonies | quote = A nice little signing ceremony—like asking users to type ‘I agree’ into a box—can be quite a good way of showing a level of commitment. | publisher = Effortmark | date = August 6, 2012 | access-date = 2020-01-13 | url = https://www.effortmark.co.uk/signatures-signing-ceremonies/}} The act of physically signing a signature is seen as adding [gravitas](/source/gravitas){{Citation | last1 = Kettle | first1 = Keri | last2 = Häubl | first2 = Gerald | title = The Signature Effect: Signing Influences Consumption-Related Behavior by Priming Self-Identity | journal = Journal of Consumer Research | volume = 38 | issue = 3 | pages = 474–489 | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford | date = 24 March 2011 | issn = 1537-5277| doi = 10.1086/659753 | doi-access = free }}{{cite web | last = Myrold | first = Jamie | title = Signatures and Ceremony: Adding Emotion to Electronic Signatures | publisher = Medium | series = UX Collective | date = April 2, 2016 | access-date = 2020-01-13 | url = https://uxdesign.cc/signatures-and-ceremony-adding-emotion-to-electronic-signatures-9b49513dc5e#.6e1sg4jn1}} to the moment.{{cite news | last = Jaffe | first = Eric | title = Is Your E-Signature Making You A Liar? | quote = While e-signatures may objectively perform the same function as signing by hand, they do not exert the same symbolic weight in subsequent decision making. | newspaper = Pacific Business News | date = September 25, 2019 | access-date = 2020-01-13 | url = https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2019/09/25/rain-fails-to-deter-beam-signing-at-uh-west-oahus.html}}{{Citation | last1 = Chou | first1 = Eileen | title = What's in a name? The toll e-signatures take on individual honesty | journal = Journal of Experimental Social Psychology | volume = 61 | pages = 84–95 | publisher = Elsevier | date = November 2015 | issn = 0022-1031| doi = 10.1016/j.jesp.2015.07.010 }} ==History== Signing ceremonies are derived from ceremonies that occurred when the [British monarch](/source/British_monarchy) gave [Royal Assent](/source/Royal_Assent) to [acts of Parliament](/source/Act_of_Parliament). Signing ceremonies became an aspect of [American politics](/source/Politics_of_the_United_States).{{Cite news |last=Weisman |first=Jonathan |date=2012-03-28 |title=Bill-Signing Ceremonies? Oh, My! |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/bill-signing-ceremonies-oh-my/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)}} Signing ceremonies may be performed by U.S. [state governors](/source/Governor) upon signing a state document (generally an act of the [state legislature](/source/State_legislature_(United_States)), making it into state law) or by the [President of the United States](/source/President_of_the_United_States) (generally making an [act of Congress](/source/act_of_Congress) into federal law). The President typically invites [Congressional leaders](/source/United_States_Congress) who were instrumental in the bill's passage as well as interested community members. One practice is to use multiple [pen](/source/pen)s and honor individuals by giving them the pens used to form the signature; typically, one pen would be used for each stroke of the president's signature. For example, the signing of the 1964 [Civil Rights Act](/source/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964), President [Lyndon B. Johnson](/source/Lyndon_B._Johnson) used more than 75 pens. The pens were then given to attending dignitaries and supporters of the bill, including [Rosa Parks](/source/Rosa_Parks), Attorney General [Robert F. Kennedy](/source/Robert_F._Kennedy), [Hubert Humphrey](/source/Hubert_Humphrey), [Everett McKinley Dirksen](/source/Everett_McKinley_Dirksen) and [Martin Luther King Jr.](/source/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.){{Cite news |last=Asmelash |first=Leah |date=2021-01-22 |title=Why do presidents use so many pens to sign documents — and what happens to them? |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/22/us/pens-biden-executive-order-trnd/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201093108/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/22/us/pens-biden-executive-order-trnd/index.html |archive-date=2021-02-01 |access-date=2024-09-17 |work=CNN US |publisher=Cable News NetworK}} The practice of using multiple pens was briefly stopped during the [presidency of Donald Trump](/source/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump), who preferred to sign the bills with one [Sharpie](/source/Sharpie_(marker))-like pen and then hold up the signed document for a photo op. [Joe Biden](/source/Joe_Biden) intermittently continued the practice of using multiple pens before reverting to using one pen in late 2021.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-29 |title=Presidential Signatures & Favorite Signing Pens {{!}} Pens.com |url=https://www.pens.com/blog/presidential-signatures-and-signing-pens/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=www.pens.com}} Signing ceremonies are associated with acts that are viewed as legislative triumphs for the executive. Conversely, laws that are passed reluctantly or are controversial are often signed into law quietly and privately without ceremony. ==Non-government usage== Signing ceremonies may be performed by non-government [signatories](/source/signature) for purposes including the signing of a [contract](/source/contract) {{cite news | last = Van | first = Anh | title = Novaland contracts Lotte E&C to build luxury condo complexes | quote = (Photo caption) The strategic partnership signing ceremony between Novaland and Lotte E&C | work = TheLeader | location = Vietnam | date = May 10, 2019 | access-date = 2020-01-13 | url = https://e.theleader.vn/novaland-contracts-lotte-ec-to-build-luxury-condo-complexes-1557332303481.htm}} or [will](/source/Will_and_testament).{{cite book | last1 = Cahn | first1 = Naomi | last2 = DiRusso | first2 = Alyssa | last3 = Gary | first3 = Susan | title = Wills, Trusts, and Estates in Focus | quote = Clients often joke and get easily distracted when visiting the lawyer's office for the actual signing ceremony. | publisher = Wolters Kluwer | series = Focus Casebook Series | location = New York | date = 2019 | page = 106 | isbn = 978-1454886624 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=X3-GDwAAQBAJ&q=lawyers+signing+ceremony&pg=PA106}} Signing ceremonies can attest to significant events, such as a beam-signing ceremony to mark a [construction](/source/construction) milestone.{{cite news | last = Magin | first = Janis | title = Rain fails to deter beam-signing at UH West Oahu's Academy for Creative Media | quote = The beam-signing ceremony, which took place during heavy rain showers, included... | newspaper = Pacific Business News | date = September 25, 2019 | access-date = 2020-01-13 | url = https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2019/09/25/rain-fails-to-deter-beam-signing-at-uh-west-oahus.html}}{{cite press release | last = Hahn | first = Brint | title = Clara Maass Medical Center Celebrates With Beam Signing Ceremony | publisher = Rendina Healthcare Real Estate | date = January 21, 2016 | access-date = 2020-01-13 | url = https://rendina.com/2016/01/21/clara-maass-medical-center-celebrates-with-beam-signing-ceremony/}} ==See also== *[Article One of the United States Constitution](/source/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution) *[Line-item veto](/source/Line-item_veto) *[List of United States presidential vetoes](/source/List_of_United_States_presidential_vetoes) *[Political culture](/source/Political_culture) *[Signing statement](/source/Signing_statement) *[Veto override](/source/Veto_override) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} {{Authority control}} Category:Ceremonies Category:Federal government of the United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Signing ceremony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signing_ceremony) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signing_ceremony?action=history)). 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