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State Legislative Bill Tracking and Update Services

(Single-state bill tracking only)

Last update: March 24, 2008

Every state offers free public access to bill status and/or bill text via the Internet.  However, a number of states offer additional bill tracking features on legislative websites.  The user identifies bills he or she is interested in tracking, provides an e-mail address, and then receives an e-mail notification whenever any action is reported on the bill.  At least 19 states offer this type of free e-mail subscription service.  Other states provide for bill tracking through the creation of personalized lists, but do not provide e-mail updates.  Some states also offer enhanced bill tracking information for a fee–providing either more detailed information or real-time updates, in addition to free tracking.  In addition to bill tracking services, several states provide e-mail notifications of other types of legislative information.  And a growing number of states are providing updates via RSS (Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary), a service that alerts users to new content on the web, such as committee notices, new actions on bills or news updates.

E-mail Subscription Bill Tracking

Alaska	Bill Tracking Management Facility  (The system is currently limited to users with a valid State of Alaska Account ID)
Arkansas	Batch Bill Status
California	Bill Information  (After retrieving a bill, users may subscribe for updates by providing an e-mail address.)
Connecticut	Public Bill Tracking
Delaware	MyLIS
Florida	Personalized Legislative Tracking
Kentucky	Bill Watch
Michigan	Michigan Notification Service
Minnesota	MyBills Subscription Service
Montana	Montana LAWS Preference List
Nebraska	Bill Tracker
Nevada	Personalized Bill Tracking
New Mexico	Bill Watcher
Pennsylvania	Individual Bill Updates
South Carolina	Legislative Information Tracking System
Texas	MyTLO
Utah	Bill Tracking  (After retrieving a bill, users may subscribe for updates by providing an e-mail address.  Users may also have a free account that allows them to create personalized lists of bills.)
Virginia	Citizen Bill Tracking
Wisconsin	Legislative Notification System

Bill Tracking with Personalized Lists or Web Tracking

Alabama	Personal Instrument List
Arizona	ALIS Tracking
Illinois	My Legislation
Iowa	Bill Watch
Missouri Senate	Bill Reporting System
New Jersey	Bill Subscription Service
Oklahoma	Personal Bill Tracking
South Dakota	My Legislative Research
Washington	Selected Bill Tracking
West Virginia	Personalized Bill Tracking

Fee-Based Bill Tracking

Kansas	Lobbyist In-a-Box
Maryland	Bill Profiles  (Generates lists from files maintained on the user’s computer.  The user must send the file to the site which makes an ‘Up-to-the-Minute’ report.)
Nebraska	Bill Tracker Premium Services
North Dakota	Legislative Bill Tracking System
Virginia	Lobbyist In-a-Box

In addition to bill tracking services, several states provide e-mail notifications of other types of legislative information.  For example, North Dakota allows users to sign up for e-mail notifications when interim committee meeting notices and minutes are available on the Internet.  North Carolina sends House and Senate Calendars to subscribers of a listserv.  Washington e-mails schedules that display the dates and times for committee and floor sessions and include agendas for House and Senate standing committees.  The following states have similar services:

Hawaii	Hearing Notices by E-mail
Iowa	E-mail Subscriptions to Iowa Legislative Publications
Louisiana	E-mail Notification of Interim Committee Meetings
Maine	Advance Notice of Public Hearings
Minnesota House	House Mailing Lists
Minnesota Senate	Senate Email List Subscription Form
North Dakota	Subscription Services
North Carolina	House & Senate Calendars Via E-Mail
South Dakota	Agenda and Calendar Tracking System
Oregon	E-Mail Updates
Washington	Legislative Lists

States Providing Legislative Updates via RSS (Really Simple Syndication/Rich Site Summary)

Alaska	Alaska's Republican Legislators
Arizona	Video feeds
Delaware	Bill status (Introduced bills, House/Senate passed bills, Governor signed)
Hawaii	Legislative Reference Bureau reports  Individual Bill Status (After cllicking on the bill status link for a bill, users can click on the orange RSS icon next to the bill number to view the feed)
Idaho	House and Senate reading calendars
Iowa	Newly filed legislation
Louisiana	House Weekly Schedules, House Live Video Schedules
Michigan	Bill Updates (information)
Minnesota	Just in (new content available from the Legislative Reference Library)
	What's New (new content available on the Legislative Web site)
	Session Daily (news stories from the House Public Information Office)
	Member News and Views (news from House members)
	My Bills (customized bill tracking)
	Minnesota House Standing Committee RSS Audio Feeds (podcasts)
Rhode Island	Secretary of State bill tracking
South Dakota	Committee feeds
Texas	Legislative Council Bill text, fiscal notes, analyses, schedules, agendas
Utah	Utah Legislature news/featured links
	Bill tracking
	Legislative committees
Washington	Bill tracking    Washington State House Democrats news update
West Virginia	Members' news releases, interim highlights, meeting schedules, legislature's newsletter
Wisconsin	Legislative Reference Bureau publications

Source: NCSL review of state legislative websites, 1/24/07; updates as of 3/24/08

Please contact Pam Greenberg with questions or with updates and changes to this list. 303-364-7700 ext. 1413, pam.greenberg at ncsl.org.

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