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| STATE | Full Text | Status | Software needed to access/comments | |
| Alabama |
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Contains much state history, but little that is current. A work in progress. | |
| Alaska |
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Excellent, contains House and Senate journals. | |
| Arizona |
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A+ Able to select from multiple status categories of bills. | |
| Arkansas |
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A+ Easy to search; can get listings of meetings and events. | |
| California |
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Can get on list to be emailed when status changes | |
| Colorado |
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Good page. Also lists interim activities, and ballot issues. | |
| Connecticut |
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Excellent - this page has come a long way in a short time. Very comprehensive. | |
| Delaware |
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Lists daily agenda, standing committee meeting notices. | |
| Florida |
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Very easy to use. | |
| Georgia |
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Search directions are somewhat unclear. | |
| Hawaii |
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Telnet is needed to access full text. | |
| Idaho |
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Good summaries. | |
| Illinois |
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Very disappointing. It can barely be called a home page. | |
| Indiana |
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A+ Includes state code. | |
| Iowa |
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Excellent, contains House and Senate journals | |
| Kansas |
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For some unknown reason, full text is free but bill tracking is now a subscription-only feature. | |
| Kentucky |
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Many useful new features just added, including House and Senate Orders of the Day | |
| Louisiana |
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Adobe Acrobat is needed | |
| Maine |
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Adobe Acrobat is needed | |
| Maryland |
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Very detailed. An up-to-the-minute subscriber service is also available for a fee. | |
| Massachusetts |
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Rather plain, but status is updated regularly | |
| Michigan |
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Good, but bill status updates can be up to a week behind | |
| Minnesota |
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Includes detailed explanation of legislative process, and how to follow a bill | |
| Mississippi |
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New and improved site includes daily action reports | |
| Missouri |
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Lots of info, easy to search. One of the very best
state sites. |
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| Montana |
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yes | Can do a back search for the past two years’ legislation | |
| Nebraska |
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Very easy-to-use search format | |
| Nevada |
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Includes bill draft requests as well as introduced legislation | |
| New Hampshire |
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Cumbersome organization - takes a long time to load bill list. | |
| New Jersey |
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Most improved since last session award! Six
different ways to do searches now, plus bill text in Acrobat, Envoy or html formats. |
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| New Mexico |
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Highly sophisticated search engine, supports multiple browsers | |
| New York |
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Looks plain, but it works | |
| North Carolina |
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A+ Very detailed, very thorough, very comprehensive | |
| North Dakota |
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Adobe Acrobat is needed | |
| Ohio |
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Frequently updated, very thorough. | |
| Oklahoma |
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Lists what phone numbers to call for bill info. | |
| Oregon |
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Detailed: can search by statute as well as bill number. | |
| Pennsylvania |
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"…changes necessary to provide bill history and text are being reviewed…" | |
| Rhode Island |
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A little slow and cumbersome | |
| South Carolina |
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Surprisingly high tech; allows for very personal modification of information | |
| South Dakota |
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yes | Easy to search - much improved from previous session | |
| Tennessee |
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Should not be relied upon as an official record of action
taken by the
Tennessee General Assembly. |
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| Texas |
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A+ site. Can search by basic or full history, captions, actions, and text | |
| Utah |
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Seven searchable databases, including legislative rules and state code | |
| Vermont |
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yes | A+ site. Information organized into 12 different reports, can search back to 1988 | |
| Virginia |
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Good site, frequently updated. Can search by introduced date. | |
| Washington |
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Informative site, includes a daily status report as well
as the Revised
Code of Washington. |
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| West Virginia |
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Very basic. Does contain interim committee meeting schedule | |
| Wisconsin |
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Much improved since last year. Adobe Acrobat is needed
to view
full text. |
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| Wyoming |
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Also includes rules, session schedule, press releases, daily status sheet, journals | |
| District of Columbia |
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The official home page of the District of Columbia | |
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