Colorado General Assembly Tracking
(This article was first posted January 29, 2015)
I always notice during this part of the legislative session that bill summaries get longer and longer. There is something of an art to condensing a long and intricate piece of legislation into a concise summary, and I imagine during the rush of the session, legislative staff have a lot less time to craft those summaries.
With 78 bills in the House and 39 in the Senate, the 2016 legislative session has started with a bang.
Calendars, notifications, vote summaries, voting scorecards? After the end of the legislative session and a little down time, all of us here at LegisPeak are at work on new features. We've got a lot planned and want to know what is important to you.
So far this legislative session, we show that 22 bills have been PI'ed (postponed indefinitely). Today, we'll dig into the oh-so-shocking trends (spoiler alert: the trends are not shocking).
Side note: I have always enjoyed the concept of postponing a motion on a bill indefinitely. I may take up this practice in my personal life instead of ever saying no...
I always notice during this part of the legislative session that bill summaries get longer and longer. There is something of an art to condensing a long and intricate piece of legislation into a concise summary, and I imagine during the rush of the session, legislative staff have a lot less time to craft those summaries.
I think I've found my favorite bill of this session so far. SB15-098 - Codify Stock Phrases Used In Appropriation Clauses This bill that came out of the Joint Budget Committee states, "legislation should, whenever possible, be written clearly and concisely."
The 2015 Colorado Legislative Session is beginning, just as we are unleashing our new platform. Right now, most of the changes are under the hood and will make sure our info is as up to date as possible. We also have a lot more options to increase the data we make available. Let us know what you think of the new site and if there's anything missing you would like.
The 2015 Colorado General Assembly Legislative Session is right around the corner and we are running late! We have our bill tracking all up and ready, we will have legislation entered on day 1. But the additional features we were hoping to have ready will be coming soon. For our users, the experience will just be a little easier to navigate for now, which we are happy about.
For folks looking for more out of a bill tracking service, we will have a lot more for you soon. I promise.
At Vionza Limited, we like to overdo things, then do them all over again. That's not a strategy for getting things done quickly, but it's how we improve on our products. LegisPeak began as a simple effort to run reports for a client of mine on legislation during the 2013 session, so we started building. That simple effort turned into a full-fledged legislative tracking platform that supplied easy to find information for a lot of people.