The Nation’s leading provider of
Legislative and Regulatory Information
Proposal of Service for “Organization’s Name”
Program Objectives
To help find and identify key legislation and regulations in the 50-States and Federal
Government, store and classify the information within State Net’s secure online
database, and provide flexible management and reporting tools for quick access and
easy dissemination, including committee hearing schedules.
Elements of Service
I. State Net Database
 All legislation and regulations in the 50-states, DC and US, Session Calendars,
Legislative Directories, and 50-state political reporting (Capitol Journal)
II. Smart Search Technology
 Proprietary issue indexing by topic and patented search capability, combined
with 50-state full text and keyword searching
III. Tailored Search Results
 Systematic identification and notification when measures matching
“Organization’s name” search profile are introduced or have a change in status
IV. Powerful Management Tools
 Secure Private File system that contains and classifies key measures, stores
enhanced information, and generates e-mail alerts and reports
V. Flexible Information Delivery
 Plus other efficient dissemination and reporting capabilities in a variety of
report formats and output styles
VI. Committee Hearing Schedules
 Advanced notice when your tracked bills are scheduled for a hearing
Annual Service Fee
Legislative and Regulatory Service:
“Dollar amount”
*Pricing and components offered herein to “Organization’s name” are based on a twoyear agreement and are valid for 60 days from “date of proposal”.
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I. State Net Database
Our database was created specifically for government affairs applications. Experts gather bill
actions, text, calendars, legislator biographies, regulations, political news and more from all 50
States and Congress. Using only proven data sources, including paid state contacts, Internet sites
and online services, managers with specific expertise in each state monitor data acquisition and
provide first-level quality control.
Legislation
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Every bill introduced in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, and Congress
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Information gathered from multiple sources to
ensure accuracy
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Full text (all available versions), location links, and
sponsor information
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Bill summaries, complete history, and real-time status
Regulations
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Proposed regulations covering over 7,000 state
agencies
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All information related to individual proposals is
linked for ease of access
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Summaries written by State Net analysts
Full text, regulatory hearing schedules and Agency
contact information
Session Calendars
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Legislative session calendars, including special and
skeleton sessions
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State and federal convene and adjourn dates
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Constitution and governor deadlines; pre-file dates
Legislative Directories
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Legislator biographies
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Mail, phone and e-mail contact information
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Committee and leadership assignments
All downloadable for mail-merge capability and
functionality
Our Profile
State Net delivers vital data,
legislative intelligence and indepth reporting for people
who care about the actions of
government. Headquartered
in Sacramento, CA, our
company was created by
legislative experts who
invented a computerized
tracking system that has
evolved into the nation's
leading source of legislative
and regulatory information.
State Net monitors every bill
in the 50 states and Congress
and every state agency
regulation. Clients from small
state associations to giant
Fortune 500 companies rely
on us to report activity on
their issues every day of the
year.
Our services are backed by a
30-year commitment to
providing fast and accurate
information to the government
relations' community.
News (Capitol Journal)
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50-state reporting on political and public policy news
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Covers emerging issues, trends, and politics
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Regular reports on budgets and elections
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II. Smart Search Technology
Our issue editors categorize measures by subject utilizing a 1200 keyword proprietary topic
indexing system. This not only ensures accuracy, but makes searching for legislation easier and
saves clients valuable time. By combining our topic search feature with our full text search
feature, you can be further assured you are not missing anything all the while not being
overwhelmed with irrelevant information.
Multiple Search Methods:
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Topic Search: based on State Net’s proprietary indexing
system
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Text Search: keyword searching with highlighted text
for quick reference
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Author Search: locate legislation by specific lawmaker
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Location Search: find legislation by committee
More Search Capabilities
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Isolate and search only budget bills to narrow and
improve your search results
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Enhanced text search capabilities enable you to include
or exclude bills already in your Private File
III. Tailored Search Results
To save you even more time, we will set up and save search
profiles identifying bills and regulations impacting your most
important issues. Our Client Service Managers work with you
to understand your key issues then build search profiles to help
cut down on the information you look through.
Tailored Searches:
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Using our Smart Search Technology, we build a search
profile to systematically identify, notify and update you
on relevant legislative and regulatory developments
relative to:
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List all issues by bullet point here (formatted to
fit in the space provided below)
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Our Process
While reading the text or a
complete summary of the
measure, our issue editors
assign topic keywords based
on our proprietary issue
indexing system. This
process, which is exclusive to
State Net, minimizes the
effort involved in identifying
legislation and regulations
that are relevant to your
issues.
As bills move through the
legislative process, they are
verified for accuracy at every
major step. Further, as bill
language is amended, our
editors review the new
language in context to
determine its relevance to
new or existing issues.
Regulatory proposals and text
are likewise verified for
accuracy at every step in the
process. Further, our editors
write meaningful summaries
and link all related proposals
to ensure that regulatory
proposals on your issues are
easy to identify.
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IV. Management Tools
Dramatically reduce the time and effort involved in managing state legislative and regulatory
information. State Net’s Private Bill Tracking File is a powerful management tool that constantly
monitors and filters developments on your issues, enabling you to store, analyze, segment, track
and report on your most important bills and regulations.
Private File Features:
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Design and save customized, proactive reports sorted
by state, issue, priority, staff, or even region
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Isolates legislation by status (introduced, passed first
house, sent to governor, etc.)
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Unlimited headings and tags for easy classification
and sorting by issue and priority
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Store commentary, staff-assignments and additional
information on specific measures
V. Information Delivery
Report Delivery and Format:
Our information can be delivered and reported in a multitude
of ways, from automated alerts, saved reports, to feeding
websites or internal company databases. We offer output
formats for virtually every need so you can easily move from
reporting to analyzing to sharing information.
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Automated e-mail alerts that come to your inbox
complete with links to the full text
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Forward critical information to your boss, lobbyist or
even the legislator who's backing your bill
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Pull information into any word processing,
spreadsheet or database application
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Choose from a variety of output formats including
HTML, MS Word, and Excel Spreadsheets
VI. Committee Hearing Schedules
Ensure your interests are represented at critical meetings
with our Committee Hearing Schedules. Receive advance
notice as soon as tracked bills are set for hearing.
Our People
While some companies view
technology as their most
important asset, we believe
it's our people that make the
difference. We've built our
company around experienced
and accomplished people who
have a sincere and
enthusiastic commitment to
your success. At State Net,
investing in exceptional
people enables us to provide
consistently exceptional
service.
Our staff is well educated in
the legislative and regulatory
process. Managed by state
government experts and
former legislative staff, we
bring an enormous amount of
experience to the activities of
state government.
Significant staff time is
devoted to reviewing, editing,
summarizing, classifying, and
understanding the huge
volume of information
produced by the state so that
clients receive reporting that
is both relevant and reliable.
Advance Hearing Notice:
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Hyperlink between hearing schedule, bill status, bill text,
and sponsor information
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Includes date, time and location of hearing
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