Legislative tracking software compared
Tools differ in focus: research and data, alerts, hearings, client reporting, or advocacy and PAC work. Here is an overview of common tools, written by the Wysor team, how to choose by the work you need done, and what Wysor offers contract lobbyists.
New bills for your clients
Filed yesterday: 38
34 bills touched none of your clients. They stay searchable.
Most tools cover bills in every state. What differs is the workflow each is built around. These are the questions to take into a demo.
| The job | What to check |
|---|---|
| Finding and reading bills | Coverage of your states, full text, search by number or subject, and how fast new filings appear. |
| Knowing when a bill moves | Alerts on status changes, hearings and votes, and whether you can choose which bills and clients they cover. |
| Following hearings | How hearings are covered, how fast, whether speakers are named, and whether you can jump to the moment in the video. |
| Sorting by client | Whether bills and hearings can be matched to individual clients. |
| Reporting to clients | Per-client bill lists, newsletters or briefings, and whether they come out in your own letterhead. |
| Running advocacy | Grassroots campaigns, stakeholder management and PAC tools, if your team does that work. |
| Price and setup | Published pricing or a quote, contract length, and who does the setup. |
Wysor is built for lobbyists who represent several clients in a state legislature and report to each of them every week.
Hearings transcribed the same day
Recorded floor sessions and committee hearings from each state’s official video or audio, with speakers named and a summary, usually within about an hour on weekdays. Coverage varies by state.
An email when a client comes up
Each hearing is checked against every client’s name and business. No match, no email.
New bills sorted by client, from the 2027 session
From the first 2027 filings, each new bill is usually read the night it is filed, matched to your clients with a one-line reason, and followed through the session.
A bill list per client
A private page per client with status and last action that keeps itself current.
Your Friday report, drafted
A two-page report per client in your letterhead and the tone of your past issues, as a draft for you.
Pricing
Max plans from $150 to $250 a month, with free onboarding.
See state legislative tracking for lobbyists and how bill tracking works.
Descriptions based on each tool’s public website.
A national legislative tracking service covering all 50 states, DC and Congress, with a data API.
Compare LegiScan with WysorA legislative and regulatory tracking platform covering all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, Congress and 40+ countries.
Compare Plural with WysorA bill and regulation tracking service covering all 50 states, DC and Congress, with a free account for searching and reading bills.
Compare BillTrack50 with WysorA government relations platform covering all 50 states, Congress, DC, Puerto Rico and US territories, with alerts when bills move, hearings are scheduled or votes happen.
Compare FastDemocracy with WysorAn AI legislative tracking platform with bill tracking and searchable hearing video and transcripts.
Compare USLege with WysorA public affairs platform that combines legislative tracking with grassroots advocacy, stakeholder management and PAC tools.
A policy and legislative intelligence company with legislative and regulatory tracking products.
A LexisNexis service for legislative and regulatory tracking across Congress and the 50 states.
Editorial note: this page is written by the Wysor team. Descriptions of other tools come from their public websites as of November 2026. Features and pricing change, so check each company’s site for current details. LegiScan, Plural, BillTrack50, FastDemocracy, USLege, Quorum, FiscalNote, LexisNexis State Net are trademarks of their respective owners. Wysor is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any of them.
There is no single answer, because tools are built for different jobs. Tools differ in focus: research and data, alerts, hearings, client reporting, or advocacy and PAC work. Contract lobbyists who report to several clients each week should look at how much of the reading, sorting and writing a tool does for them.
Prices range from free accounts for reading bills to enterprise contracts priced by quote. Wysor's legislature tracking is part of Max plans at $150 to $250 a month, with free onboarding.
Several tools now offer hearing transcripts. Check how soon after a hearing the transcript arrives, whether speakers are named, and whether you can jump to the moment in the official video. Wysor transcribes recorded meetings in the states it covers, names the speakers and usually has them in your tracker within the hour on weekdays.
Coverage of your states, same-day hearing coverage, matching of bills and hearings against each client, per-client bill lists and a weekly report you can send in your own letterhead. A published price helps if you want to start without a sales process.
They are widely known legislative tracking tools; the list is not exhaustive. Each is summarized from its own public website. The page is written by the Wysor team.
Wysor covers Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Iowa, Arkansas, Colorado, Virginia, Nevada, Maine, West Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Coverage varies by state. Onboarding is free.