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Questions About Legislation? Get Answers

Last month I informed you about classes explaining how to use the Legislative website.  I tried them out and they are excellent.  The classes are small with lots of opportunities to ask questions.  I highly recommend them for people with little to no experience with the website but also for anyone who wants to learn to use the website more efficiently. 

The Legislative Information Center continues to offer virtual classes explaining how to use its website through the fall.  The following is a description of the classes as taken from the Legislature’s website:

• Understanding the legislative process. From introduction to governor action and beyond, this class will teach you about the journey a bill takes to become law.
• Navigating the legislative website. An introduction to the legislative website: we will review the homepage and learn how to find bill information, your district and legislators, legislator contact information, committee information, common ways to look up bills, and how to find current state laws and codes.
• Advanced legislative navigation. An advanced look at the legislative website: we will take a deeper dive away from the homepage and learn advanced ways to search for bills, detailed legislative reports, bill tracking account, find archived videos on tvw.org, find past versions of state laws and rules, and use the legislative search function to search the text of bills, state laws, state codes, and more.

For more information about the classes and the dates click here.