The 2010-2011 Session Begins: A Refresher on the School of Government's Legislative Resources

by Aimee Wall, School of Government faculty member, and Christine Wunsche, Director of the Legislative Reporting Service [Editor's note: This post appeared today on the School of Government's local government law blog, and I thought it was worth cross-posting. Although it refers to some subscription-only resources to which many readers of this blog may not have access, it also describes several free resources and is a useful overview of some services that we provide but that may not be widely known.] As today marks the opening day of the 150th session of the General Assembly, we wanted to remind our readers about some of the resources available from the UNC School of Government (SOG) to help you keep track of legislative developments. Below is a brief description of three SOG publications: the Daily Bulletin, the Weekly Status Report, and the Index of Legislation. We also offer a few tips for tracking legislation using the General Assembly’s new and improved website. SOG Resources Daily Bulletin Our most comprehensive legislative publication, the Daily Bulletin, is published each day that the General Assembly is in session. We send it to subscribers via email and the content is also searchable online. The Bulletin contains summaries of all public and local bills that are filed, summaries of each amendment, committee substitute and conference report adopted by the House or Senate, and a daily report of all legislative actions taken by either chamber. The summaries provide a description of the legislation or the changes to the legislation; [...]