Rogatio

In the Roman republic, a rogatio (from Latin rogo, "ask, place a question before") is a proposed piece of legislation.

[6] Then after an initial prayer, the presiding magistrate opened voting by asking the people velitis, iubeatis ... vos, Quirites, rogo ("Do you wish, do you command, ...

[10] Plebeian tribunes and other magistrates, most especially the consuls, could veto proceedings but only before the taking of lots for the order in which the tribes were to vote.

[11] If a bill was passed (rogatio lata est), it became a law (lex) after the presiding magistrate made a formal announcement (renuntiatio) of the assembly's decision.

[12] All copies of statutes, proposed laws, and other public documents were recorded in the aerarium under the stewardship of the urban quaestors.