Please print and read these instructions.

• First, READ this page to effectively use the bill status program.
• To search for a bill by number:
•         House Bills: For two number bills enter the house and bill number followed by a a space. i.e. HB50[space].
•                             For three number house bills enter HB123[space].
•                             For four number house bills enter HB1105[space].
•         Senate Bills: Enter SB and one space. e.g. SB200[space].
• (Note:  The reason for the differences is the formatting of the reports produced)
• (Note:  You must also use these rules when making global report requests)
• You may simply use a number such as 50. If so, you will not only receive a status of HB 50 but also all other bills with 50 in the number such as 250, etc. This is an overbroad search but is more effective and error free than a exact search.
• Global Reports:
•         To get a report on several bills at the same time, simply type the list of bills you want as follows:
hb50[space],sb2006[space],hb46[space],hb126[space] etc
• You may search by using any of the following:
• Bill Number: Enter number only, i.e. 50 or HB 50 (HB50[space]).
• Draft Request: Enter draft request number.
• IntroDate: Enter date introducted as 01/10/97. No spaces before or after the date.
• Disposition: Enter disposition desires to search. i.e. ACT for a list of all active bills.
• ShortTitle: Search for a term in the short title. i.e. city.
• Committee: Search for a committee name. i.e. local. Using "Local" will show all bills in the Local and Private Legislation Committee. You may find a list of House committees listed here and a list of senate committes listed here.
• Principle Author: Enter the LAST name of the Senator or Representative or the term "Governor" for the Author of bills. You can browse a list of the Senators or Represenatives.
• Additional Authors: Enter additional author LAST name.
• Actions: Enter a term in the actions you are searching for. This is also used to search for actions on a particular day. For example, to see all bills with actions on a particular day search for the date. i.e. 01/20/97.
• There are two search fields so you can use any combination of two of the above items to limit your search or to do statistical searches.
• The search result has a predefined maximum limit of hits so some searches must be limited. For example, if you search for DIE in disposition you will receive a message that the maximum number of hits was received and you will be required to limit you request by, for evample, using die and a date or author.
• It is best to use a single term when searching. i.e. If you are searching for Eminent Domain only use eminent or domain not eminent domain. This will eliminate spacing problems and increase the acruary of your search.
• If you have questions, please call or E-Mail LawNetCom.
• Search examples:
• Select Actions Field: Then enter the date, i.e. 03/17/97, to see all action taken on bills on that date.
• Select Committee Field, then enter committee name, i.e. appropriations, then select Actions field in blank two and enter a date, i.e. 03/17/97, to see all bills in appropriations that had action on that date.
• Select Actions field, then type "act" (without the quotes), to see a list of all active bills.
• Select Principal Author, then type "governor" to see all bills introducted by the Governor's Office.
• Select Action Field, then type Governor, then go to second blank and select Action field and 03/17/97, to see a list of bills sent to or returned from the Governor on that date.
• Select bill number, i.e. 369, then in second blank select actions and type date, i.e. 03/17/97 to see all actions taken on a particular bill on that date.
• The options are endless.
• To search for only bills passed and signed by the Governor use "Short Title" in the first search field and "Action" in the second search field. In the short title field enter a word that is relevant to your search.  In the action field enter "governor", without the quotes.  This will return only those bills passed and signed.