Open States

When a news story mentions a bill number, this is where to read the bill itself. Open States gathers bills, votes and legislators from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Congress, collecting bill and vote data several times a day. Use it to find your legislators, follow a bill through committee or see how a chamber voted. It began at the Sunlight Foundation in 2009 and has been maintained by Plural since 2021. Raw legislative records are dense, so pair it with a news source that explains what a bill would change.