We are very excited to finally roll out our new regulation tracking service. It is a much more powerful product, which looks and feel much closer to our bill tracking service and we're sure you are going to love it! Read on for details of the key changes. If you do have any questions or concerns, then don't hesitate to get in touch.
The Regulation Sheet
The first thing to note here is that there is a single row for each regulation. All regulation bulletins are now fully split, with descriptive titles which will help you identify regulations of interest more easily. You can also see the much greater range of columns that are available - this is the default layout for new users, but there are more to choose from in the Regulation Sheet Templates menu (click your name in the top right to see the menu). For existing users, you may still see the columns you have been using up to now so do check out the new options. Note the AI summary column - the summary here is for the full regulation, generated by looking at all available documents.
The Regulations
To see the actual regulation, you now click the title:
The Summary Tab
It is very like a bill summary tab, and gives you the state summary (if provided), our AI summary, the status, type, agency and effective date if available. To see more detail, click the Documents tab at the top:
The Documents tab
This lists all the policy documents associated with the regulation - so it can include the proposed and final regulations, notice filings, and so on.
The Regulation Document
Click Detail to see the individual document:
This looks very similar to the old regulation sheet, except the PDF will only contain the specific document. Note that the AI summary at the top is different from the AI summary in the regulation sheet and on the summary tab as it is a summary of just this specific document.
The Similar Tab
The final tab is Similar, and this will give you a list of 100 similar regulations from around the country. The score at the end shows how similar the AI thinks the regulation is, from 0 to 100:
The Query Tab
Back on the main regulation sheet, The way you find regulations has also changed. The state selection and keyword search remain the same, but there are now many more ways to filter the results to get just the regulations you want:
You can filter by the type of regulation, its status, or by the agency category. We've assigned all the agencies in the country to one of 11 broad categories to help you eliminate irrelevant regulations from your search by only allowing those that are on the correct topic. Alternatively, if you are searching in just one state or federal, you can click the drop down menu and select Agency to filter by a specific agency.
NOTE: Date range options have not changed, but the date of a regulation on a regulation sheet will be the date for which we have the most recent activity, not the created date. So, for example, if a regulation's journey began in 2024 but it has had some kind of activity in 2025, then it is classed as a 2025 regulation for the purpose of the regulation sheet. This may affect the date ranges you choose in your search.
The Alerts Tab
You can now tailor the alerts you get in your daily regulation alerts email, in a similar way to bills:
Choose whether to get alerts when a new regulation is added to your sheet, a new document is added to a regulation, a new hearing is announced and so on. NOTE: unlike with bills, you do need to be logged in to see regulation documents. So if you click a link in an alert email, if you're not logged in to BillTrack50 you will be prompted to do so.
What Has Happened to Your Old Regulation Sheets and Data?
All regulations sheets should still be in your account and custom columns will still exist but what you see in those sheets may be very different. Here is a summary of the changes:
- 2025 regulations have been retained and we have attempted to keep your comments and hidden information intact;
- 2024 regulations will remain if they match your keywords but your comments will not be there;
- All regulations older than 2024 have been entirely lost and are no longer available for searching.
If you think something has gone wrong with the data in your account, then please get in touch straight away - this has been a very complex operation and there may well be issues!
We hope you enjoy our new regulation tracking service and stay tuned for future updates, we will continue to improve the service over the coming months.