: the day when a law, rule, contract, etc., starts to be used
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Swipe fees Pritzker also signed Senate Bill 3645, a bill pushing back the effective date or end of several laws, including a controversial bill to ban swipe fees that would've taken effect on July 1.—
Ben Szalinski,
CBS News,
29 June 2026 The employment agreement includes an appendix that releases the university from all claims for incidents or events prior to the contract’s effective date.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
27 June 2026 The decision also states that Dakar cannot apply for or petition for reinstatement of an esthetician license for three years from the effective date of the surrender of her licenses, per Nelson's video.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026 Various accounts point to an April 23, 2026 effective date, though the FDA’s own docket shows several of these compounds still working through review well into the summer.—
Allison Palmer
updated June 24,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for effective date