| Examples: Bill Number: For Bill Number searches use a: HB for House Bills, SB for Senate Bills. Do not use a space between the SB/HB and the number of the bill: (SB100/HB100) not (SB 100/HB 100). Sponsor/CoSponsor: Search by Last Name: (Smith) or Last Name, First Name (Smith, John) or First Name Last Name (John Smith). Please Note: Only Sponsor and First CoSponsor are recorded in the web pages. Basic Search: 2002 Basic is set to search House and Senate Bill Cover Sheets. These covers include data such as House or Senate Bill Number (HB100, no spaces), Bill Titles, Sponsor / Cosponsor (John Smith) and a general subject search. Advanced Search: Advanced searches ALL data for that year; this includes the Cover Sheets plus all House and Senate Bill Text, Bills Summaries, Amendments, Fiscal Notes, Committee Reports, Courtesy Resolutions and Member Data Pages. Please be detailed when using Advanced Search, this searches all data for a given year. At the end of the list is Full Search, this is all data for all years and is a very broad search so try to be specific. |
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