Understanding Search Results

Help with legislator pages, bill pages, and regulations.

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  • Getting Started

Legislator Export Tool

An explanation of how to export a spreadsheet with legislator information for a state.

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  • Getting Started

How to Read a Bill

An introduction to the bill page and the information it contains.

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Legislator and Committee Pages

An explanation of the structure of our legislator and committee pages.

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  • Getting Started

Data Update Frequency

An explanation of how frequently bill sheet, bills and legislator information is updated.

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  • Getting Started

BillTrack50 Paid Features

A run through of the features you get with a BillTrack50 subscription - bill searching, bill tracking, sharing, and legislator scorecards.

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  • Intermediate

How to Cite BillTrack50

An explanation of how to write a citation or reference to a BillTrack50 bill page or AI summary.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assist: Discover Similar Bills

An explanation of the Similar Bills tab on bill pages.

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Understanding the Bill Progress Graphic

A walkthrough of the bill progress bar on the summary tab.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assist: AI Generated Bill Summaries

An explanation of the AI generated summaries on bill pages

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  • Advanced

How to Quickly Tell if a Bill is Relevant

A demonstration of how to quickly check whether a bill sheet's query terms are contained in a different bill.

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  • Getting Started

How to Find Legislator and Committee Staff Information

An explanation of how to find contact details for legislative and committee staff.

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  • Intermediate

Tracking Virginia Budget Amendments

An explanation of how to track amendments to Virginia budget bills.

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  • Advanced

Data Synch Button

A demonstration of how to sync data you've entered for a bill on different bill sheets.

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  • Getting Started

Improvements to Legislator and Committee Pages in 2023

A walkthrough of the improvements made in 2023 to how information about legislators and committees is displayed.

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Rolling Over - Managing Individual and Hidden Bills

A demonstration of how to manage bills and hidden bills when rolling over your account for a new session.

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Tracking Virginia Budget Amendments

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  • Intermediate

Export the Full Voting Record and Sponsored Bill List for a Legislator

An explanation of the export function for votes and bill sponsorships.

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  • Getting Started

How States Format Bill Numbers

A table showing how the different states number their bills.

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Which State Legislatures Allow Companion Bills?

An explanation of which states allow identical bills to be introduced in both chambers.