Author Archives: Philip Cisson

Historical Reports      Take a look at these report snapshots! Under CTAnalyze, find the Report History link and use this page to pick a recent date and report. The report we produce will be a record of how CapitolTrack reports looked on that day: Choose from six reports we have available: All Bills Daily Amendments Daily Calendar Daily ECV Daily Introduced Daily Votes Yesterdays Actions      Click ‘View Report’ and the chosen report…

When Is My Letter Due?      Committees are in full swing for the month of April with 801 Measures set for hearing. One of the most common questions we’re asked this time of year is, “Can you tell me when position letters are due?”      Yes, we can. And we can even help you set a reminder!      On any Calendar Report in CapitolTrack, click the ‘i’ next to the committee name…

<!– New Calendar Events      There are 905 measures set for hearing in our Calendar Reports, as we are officially in committee season. CapitolTrack has made a small, but significant change to these excellent Calendars; when measures first display on a calendar, they’ll show in blue italics to indicate they’re new!      Keep an eye on your bills with a Calendar Feed, which synchronizes your calendar report with an Outlook or Google calendar! Need help…

Track Bills Faster      The Legislature has introduced 2,541 total measures as of this morning. In every office, the quiet process of reviewing all these measures is well underway. Track your bills faster with the new feature we’ve added to the Tracking Form:      Click the Explode Window button found above your Tracking Form fields. Tag the measure with as many selections as you need:      Use this feature to quickly review…

News in CapitolTrack      Friday brings the Legislative Deadline for bills to be introduced in 2025, be sure to check those Introduced Bills Reports daily to keep up! In other News we have a new tab you may have noticed.       NEWS – providing in-depth political analysis and coverage of key, California issues is now available in CapitolTrack:      Our new partnership with State Affairs has granted us the opportunity to leverage…

Schedulers and Portals      While the Bill Room continues to crank out measures ahead of the February 21st deadline to have Bills Introduced, some bills’ 30-day waiting period is up, and they’re headed to their first Policy Committees! Need to schedule a meeting to discuss a bill with the Members about to hear it?      Find Members’ Schedulers and Scheduling Portals on both the Member Roster, and on the Committee Rosters. Reaching the…

We’re Here to Help      Back to Session Checklist: Start this year with everything you need. If you’d like any help getting your account ready for the start of a new year, let us know and we’ll assist you. Be sure to have the following all set: Introduced and Amended Reports for daily review Reports with date limits that are up-to-date Clean up or add new Report Categories Check your Tracking Form for out-of-date selections Update report titles to reflect Organization name changes Check your…

News in CapitolTrack      Happy holidays to our CapitolTrack subscribers! You may have noticed a new tab on the navigation bar, next to Workspace and Members. NEWS – providing in-depth political analysis and coverage of key, California issues is now available in CapitolTrack:      Our new partnership with State Affairs has granted us the opportunity to leverage their expertise in journalism to provide you this additional service, at no additional cost!    …

Disable Your Scheduled Reports      With the Second Extraordinary Session Concluded on Monday, with the passage of SCRX2 2, the 2023-2024 Session is finally finished. Without new content, the reports you have scheduled to send by email can be disabled until we resume Session on December 2nd.      Disable these automated emails by clicking on your username at the top of the screen, and then Settings and Tools. Find the Schedule Management link…

Code Section Compare      The 2023-24 Session wrapped up over the weekend with hundreds of Bills being signed into law. While the Extraordinary Session 2 is still underway, here is a recap of all the Code Sections impacted by new laws in 2024:      Find more details of the above graph and the measures creating these new laws using the California Law Code Index under CTAnalyze. This Index lists all new code sections…