"how a bill becomes a law" was written by daniel j. goor and directed by ken whittingham. within a week of the episode's original broadcast, three deleted scenes were placed on the official "parks and recreation" website. in the first, 30-second clip, jerry and chris discuss jerry's accidental answering of 9-1-1 calls rather than 3-1-1, and the unexpected repercussions thereof. the second clip was 80 seconds long, and showed april and ben's attempts to entertain themselves while stuck in the car, including playing games, taking a nap, and talking about leslie, which leads april to claim that leslie loves ann more than ben. in the third clip, which was 100 seconds long, three short scenes are combined: leslie discussing her choice to get a perm; leslie's attempts to change milton's vote; and leslie wearing the invisalign teeth jamm had demanded she buy.