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Legislative Labs offers a variety of tools to bring the legislative process to you.

Filters and sorting on the session dashboard. The Research page searches all of leg.wa.gov. Detailed Analytics for the last 4 biennia. Follow bills that matter to you.

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General

What is Legislative Labs ?

Legislative Labs is a tool designed to bring the legislative process to the people. Legislative Labs provides research, analytics and predictions on legislation that matters to you.

ANALYTICS

Want to know who sponsored the most bills in previous biennia or what legislators raised the most campaign contributions? Legislative Labs analytics section provides intelligence on previous sessions.

RESEARCH

Looking for a specific RCW, WAC or other information about Washington State law? Search the Legislature's website with Legislative Labs custom search to find the information you need quickly.

BILL DRAFTING

Interested in getting your idea passed into law? Legislative Labs bill drafting tool will help you find the best sponsor.

BILL HISTORY

Interested in bills from previous sessions? Legislative Labs bill history allows you to search through the last 8 years of introduced bills.

SESSION RESULTS

Want to quickly see what bills have passed in a session? Session Results will shows bills signed by the Governor as well as stats about the session.

SPONSOR DETAIL

Looking to see what bills your legislator sponsored in previous biennia? Use the sponsor detail section to find information on passed and failed bills as well as campaign contributions.

SESSION DASHBOARD

Follow legislation that matters to you during session. Get notified when bills are heard in committee, substituted or amended. See Legislative Labs prediction that the bill will become law.

Where does the data come from ?

LegInsight performs analysis, analytics and predictions on publicly available data sets that can be found here:

wslwebservices.leg.wa.gov

Washington State Legislative Web Services.

leg.wa.gov

Washington State Legislature.

lss.leg.wa.gov

Washington State Legislative Support Services.

www.pdc.wa.gov

Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC).

How does Legislative Labs predict if a bill will become a law ?

Legislative Labs uses sophisticated, proprietary algorithms that analyze historical legislative results. These algorithms consider a variety of factors to determine the probability that a bill will become law.

How do I create an account ?

Simply sign up to gain access to research, analytics, bill drafting and the session dashboard where you can follow introduced legislation in session.

Why are campaign contributions shown by biennium ?

Legislative Labs considers campaign contributions reported in the two years preceding the biennium as contributions for that biennium. I.E. contributions reported in 2017 & 2018 would apply to the 2019-2020 biennium.

Account

How do I log in to Legislative Labs ?

Legislative Labs will email you a code to sign in. Legislative Labs uses OpenID Connect and SAML to authenticate users. This means Legislative Labs doesn't keep your account information, that stays with your identity provider. This helps to protect your privacy and means one less username and password you have to keep track of.

Why do I need to sign in ?

Legislative Labs allows you to customize the tool so that you only track what matters to you.

How do I remove my account from Legislative Labs ?

We respect your privacy and will honor your request to be removed from the site. You can download your information or delete your account at any time in the settings section of your account.