You've literally described most state legislators and federal Congress.
The Affordable Care Act was 906 pages long (nevermind the accompanying 11,000 some odd pages of regulations typically quoted).
You can bet very few Congress critters actually read all 906 pages.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the year is part of the name) was over 5,500 pages long. Definitely none of the people in Congress bothered reading any of it- there wouldn't have been time to do so.
At the federal level, I think it's somewhat forgivable. They generally have a fair number of staffers working for them who are the ones that ultimately digest the bills.
State level, though, is unacceptable. It's unusual for a state rep to have any sort of staff which means it is completely on them to read and digest a bill before passing it.
The much bigger issue is that we have corporate and advocacy group sponsored bills at both the state and federal levels. That simply should not be a thing. Several very red or very blue state ultimately work as incubators for these bills and they simply adopt them as is.
The Affordable Care Act was 906 pages long (nevermind the accompanying 11,000 some odd pages of regulations typically quoted).
You can bet very few Congress critters actually read all 906 pages.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the year is part of the name) was over 5,500 pages long. Definitely none of the people in Congress bothered reading any of it- there wouldn't have been time to do so.