BillTrack50 Help Center
Writing Queries
Help with finding the right bills and regulations and filtering your searches.
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- Getting Started
BillTrack50 - The Basics
A run through of the most fundamental functions of BillTrack50.
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- Getting Started
How to Create a New Bill Sheet
A demonstration of how to make a new bill sheet.
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- Getting Started
How to Create a Good Query
An explanation of the steps to create a query and find the bills you want.
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How to Create a Good Query
A walkthrough of the steps to create a query and find the bills you want.
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- Intermediate
How to Create Powerful Searches
An explanation of how to combine various search functions to create effective queries.
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- Getting Started
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assist: Discover Similar Bills
An explanation of the Similar Bills tab on bill pages.
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- Intermediate
How to Use the Similar Bills Feature
A demonstration of how to use the Similar Bills tab on bill pages.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Recommended Bills Feature
An explanation of how to use the recommended bills feature on bill sheets to find more relevant bills.
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- Intermediate
Recommended Bills Feature
A demonstration of how to use the recommended bills feature on bill sheets to find more relevant bills.
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- Getting Started
Search Terms Library
Lists of useful search terms for common topics.
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- Intermediate
How to Use Quick Search
A demonstration of how to find a bill by using the Quick Search function.
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- Advanced
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.
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How to Put All the Bills in a State onto your Bill Sheet
A demonstration on creating a search that finds all the bills in a specific state.
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- Getting Started
How to Find a Bill Using Its Bill Number
An explanation of methods to find a bill if you know the bill number.
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How to Find a Bill Using Its Bill Number
A demonstration of methods to find a bill if you know the bill number.
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- Intermediate
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.
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- Intermediate
Double Checking a "None Of" Word
A demonstration of how to check your "none of" search term.
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- Getting Started
How to use the 'Near' Query Function
A demonstration of using the 'Near' search to find bills containing a phrase.
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- Advanced
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.
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- Advanced
How to Search By Statute
An explanation of how to search for bills using statute numbers.
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- Advanced
How to Search Within a Bill Sheet
A demonstration of how to find a subset of bills in a bill sheet
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- Getting Started
Bill Type Definitions
An explanation of the bill types on the Query tab.
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Meet the Bill Progress Categories
An explanation of the bill progress categories on the query tab.
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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.
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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.
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How Legislative Sessions Work
An explanation of how the states organize their sessions and how that affects searching using the timeline.
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Filter Your Bill Sheet by Session
An explanation of how to use a template and then filter to identify bills from a specific session.
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How to Search For Bills From A Previous Session
An explanation of how to use the timeline to search for bills from previous years.
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- Intermediate
How to Search for Bills from A Previous Session
A demonstration of how to use the timeline to search for bills from previous years.
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- Advanced
Managing Prefiled Bills Using the Timeline
An explanation of how to filter out prefiled bills or just select them using the filter timeline.
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- Intermediate
Managing Prefiled Bills Using the Timeline
A demonstration of how to use the timeline to manage prefile bills before the start of a new session.
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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.
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An Introduction to Regulation Tracking
An explanation of how to create and understand a regulation sheet.
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Date Range Options on Regulation Sheets
An explanation of how to use the date range for finding regulations.
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Regulation Tracking Toolbox
An explanation of some good tips and tricks for searching registers and bulletins.