State Government Affairs
Here’s A Primer on Prefiling (States Allowing Prefiled Legislation)
October 17, 2024 | MultiState
Issue management is the backbone of a successful government relations strategy. You need to know what legislation, rules, and regulations policymakers are debating before you can act. MultiState’s tracking services arm you with the intel you need — and they’re designed to help you focus on what’s important. We staff you with a dedicated policy expert who serves as an extension of your team — a MultiState analyst who knows your issues, understands their importance, and reads bills and regulations with you in mind, ensuring you receive only the information that matters to you. The human element is what makes our tracking technology unique.
Get StartedMultiState is uniquely equipped to monitor legislative and regulatory activity in all 50 states, at the federal level, and in over 4,850 localities. We also offer legislative tracking for the Canadian federal government as well as all provinces and territories. With a sophisticated understanding of your issues, your dedicated analyst will only alert you to legislation and regulations that impact your organization, ensuring you won’t waste time sifting through mountains of irrelevant activity.
MultiState’s team of lawyers, analysts, researchers, and economists has deep expertise in public policy and the legislative and regulatory processes in each state. Most of our team have advanced degrees and have been with us for nearly a decade on average — they are seasoned professionals who understand the pace of state action and quickly adapt to cover new and emerging issues that impact you.
As our experts read bills and rules, we do so with your priorities in mind. Your dedicated policy analyst will serve as an extension of your team. In addition to receiving snapshots of state legislative and regulatory activity on your schedule and according to your team’s unique workflow, you can also reach out to your analyst any time to ask questions. You’ll also have access to our leadership team, who collectively has decades of high-level government affairs industry experience. Plus, we can tap our network of thousands of state and local on-the-ground lobbyists across the country to get you the political intel you need on your priority bills (and refer you to the right contract lobbyist if you need more extensive representation).
MultiState has developed a proprietary platform that is used by many Fortune 100 companies and leading trade associations to monitor state legislation and regulatory action. We work with you to create a targeted database covering priority policy issues, populated by our experienced subject matter experts. Once identified, your bills and regulations are displayed within our customizable online tracking platform with sophisticated sorting, reporting, and visualization tools. Your custom database is mobile-friendly and can be accessed anytime, anywhere, allowing you to create up-to-the-minute, automated reports that are tailored to your schedule, workflow, and team. Our experts write concise, targeted summaries of legislation and regulations, rather than simply relying on generic text provided by government agencies.
To be successful, you need more than simple identification — you need context and counsel on what to do with that information. MultiState arms you with the information you need to act strategically and decisively, not just raw data. We conduct policy and political analyses to determine national-level trends, anticipate opportunities, and mitigate threats — so you can act with confidence to achieve your advocacy goals. If you have a problem, we can help you solve it.
“Using MultiState as your tracking solution frees you of the heavy lift of sorting through bills and regulations that aren’t relevant, and instead allows you to spend time on high-value activities and tasks on behalf of your organization.”
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