BillTrack50 Help Center

How to Create a New Bill Sheet ^★

An explanation of how to create a new bill sheet and what the different types of bill sheet mean.

How to Use Quick Search ^★

An explanation of how to use the quick search function to find bills, regulations, legislators, or committees.

Regulations FAQ ^★

Some of the common questions users ask about our regulation tracking service.

Executive Orders Tool ^★

An explanation of the Executive Orders Tool, which allows you to find state and federal bills that are similar to presidential executive orders.

Executive Order Tool ^★

An overview of the tool which allows you to find state and federal bills that are similar to presidential executive orders.

BillTrack50 - The Basics ^★

A run through of the most fundamental functions of BillTrack50.

How Legislative Sessions Work ^★

An explanation of how the states organize their sessions and how that affects searching using the timeline.

An Introduction to Regulation Tracking ^★

An explanation of how to create and understand a regulation sheet.

Regulation Tracking Toolbox ^★

An explanation of some good tips and tricks for searching registers and bulletins.

How to Create a Good Bill Sheet Query ^★

An explanation of how to create a new bill sheet and set up a good keyword search.

How to Search or Filter By Committee ^★

An explanation of how to find bills that have been sent to a specific committee, or filter a bill search to just include those bills.

Bill Topic Feature Overview

A walkthrough of the bill topic feature, showing how topics can be used to created or filter a search. Also shows them on bill pages.

Searching for Bills by Topic

An explanation of how to use the taxonomy bill topics to make a search or filter a keyword search.

Taxonomy Topics on BillTrack50

The full list of topics used on bill pages and for searching or filtering on bill sheet Query tabs.

A Comparison of the Bill Sheet Types - Query and Handpicked

Karen explains the difference between the Query and Handpicked bill sheet types and how you use them.

When Can You See Prefiled Bills?

A list of the states with approximate dates for prefiling.

The Two Types of 'Similar' Searches for Regulations

An explanation of the differences between the AI-powered Similar search at the bottom of regulation sheets and the Similar search on individual regulations.

Committee Categories on the Bill Sheet Query Tab

An explanation of what the different committee categories include.

Agency Categories on the Regulation Sheet Query Tab

An explanation of what the different agency categories include on the regulation sheet query tab.

BillTrack50 Regulations 2.0 Launch Webinar

A demonstration of all the new features in our Regulations 2.0 tracking product which launched in July 2025.

BillTrack50 Paid Features

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

Recommended Bills Feature

An explanation of how to use the recommended bills feature on bill sheets to find more relevant bills.

Recommended Bills Feature

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How to Use the Similar Bills Feature

A demonstration of how to use the Similar Bills tab on bill pages.

How to Find Model Bills Using the Similar Bills Tab

An explanation of how to use the Similar Bills tab to find model bills across the U.S.

How to Check Bill Sheets Have the Right Bills Using the Similar Bills Tab

An explanation of how to use the Similar Bills tab to check that you have the most relevant bills on your bill sheets.

How to Find Bills Using the Similar Bills Tab

An explanation of how to find bills to add to your bill sheets using the Similar Bills tab on bill pages.

How to Brainstorm Search Terms Using the Similar Bills Tab

An explanation of how to use the Similar Bills tab to find good query keywords.

Discover Similar Bills using AI

An explanation of the Similar Bills tab on bill pages.

How to Search Within a Bill Sheet

A demonstration of how to find a subset of bills in a bill sheet

How to Search By Statute

An explanation of how to search for bills using statute numbers.

Using Keywords to Expand or Refine Your Search

An explanation of how to use the keywords column in a bill sheet to refine your query terms.

How to Add a Whole List of Bill Numbers to a Bill Sheet

An explanation of some useful ways to add a list of bill numbers to a bill sheet.

Search Terms Library

Lists of useful search terms for common topics.

How to Filter a Search by Committee

A demonstration of how to filter the bills on a bill sheet by a broad committee category or specific committees.

How to use the 'Near' Query Function

A demonstration of using the 'Near' search to find bills containing a phrase.

How to Find a Bill Using Its Bill Number

An explanation of methods to find a bill if you know the bill number.

How to Search For Bills From A Previous Session

An explanation of how to use the timeline to search for bills from previous years.

How to Create a Good Query

An explanation of the steps to create a query and find the bills you want.

Managing Prefiled Bills Using the Timeline

Handling Special Sessions

A demonstration showing how to modify your bill sheet to add a column showing which session a bill is associated with, so that you can tell special session bills, regular session bills, and pre-filed bills apart.

Double Checking a "None Of" Word

A demonstration of how to check your "none of" search term.

Quickly Find a Specific Bill or All Bills in a State

A demonstration of a good method for quickly finding a single bill, and how to find all bills in a particular state.

Date Range Options on Regulation Sheets

An explanation of how to use the date range for finding regulations.

Bill Type Definitions

An explanation of the bill types on the Query tab.

Meet the Bill Progress Categories

An explanation of the bill progress categories on the query tab.

Managing Prefiled Bills Using the Timeline

Filter Your Bill Sheet by Session

An explanation of how to use a template and then filter to identify bills from a specific session.

How to Search For Bills From A Previous Session

An explanation of how to use the timeline to find bills from past sessions going back to 2011.

How to Create Powerful Searches

An explanation of how to combine various search functions to create effective queries.

How to Find a Bill Using Its Bill Number

An explanation of how to search for a bill if you already know the bill number.