Bill Pages: Overview

1. Introduction
2. Research Bill Details
3. Collaborating on Bills
4. Digesting the Bill Analysis
5. Responding to a Bill
6. Using Bill Pages: Best Practices 

Introduction

Bill pages in FiscalNote provide a depth of information beyond just the raw bill text.  Our Data Science team provides detail such as a set of automatically identified similar legislation and the probability of passage for each bill.  Research the history with Timeline and Votes, if any have been recorded.  If a bill requires a follow-up plan of action, start an advocacy campaign from the Basic Information section or compile a list of offices to contact with the Whiteboard.  

Research Bill Details

Each bill page provides a wealth of valuable information.  From basic information such as the bill text and sponsor(s) to analytical insights such as probability of passage with Outlook, use the information provided to determine its relative impact.  Click here to learn more about the information provided on each bill page.

Collaborating on Bills

FiscalNote makes it easy to work with colleagues and stakeholders on bill strategy.  Alert colleagues within FiscalNote using the Discussion Tool, Share the entire contents of a bill page with a stakeholder, and more.  Click here to learn more about collaborating on bill pages in FiscalNote.

Digesting the Bill Analysis

FiscalNote provides advanced metrics to help guide your research and response to each piece of legislation.  Use them to your advantage: better allocate resources, review historical trends, and more.  Click here to learn more about FiscalNote's bill analysis features and how to use them.

Responding to a Bill

If it's determined after research that a response plan is required, use FiscalNote to get started.  Contact the sponsor(s) directly, perform a grassroots advocacy campaign with our VoterVoice sync, or share the bill page with key stakeholders, even if they don't have access to FiscalNote.  Click here to learn more about responding to a bill with FiscalNote.

Best Practices: Using Bill Pages

Click here to follow our suggested tips to maximize efficiency and organize your information on each bill page in FiscalNote.  

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