Tennessee Legislation Service
Need to know what's happening in the Tennessee state legislature daily — but don't have time to sift through mounds and mounds of General Assembly bills and calendars?
Let Tennessee Legislation Service do the work for you. Cover that impossibly high mountain of legislative information quickly, effectively, and in a way that fits the way you work. Whether you want to see printed reports or want to compile your own reports on the Web — Tennessee Legislation Service provides the tools to do your job more effectively.
Since 1981, Tennessee Legislation Service has been the #1 source of legislative information for lobbyists, attorneys, association executives, corporate government affairs executives, and government officials.
Our early warning service keeps you ahead of the General Assembly's decision-making process. You have time to act before a bill becomes a law.
What Leading Professionals Say About Tennessee Legislation Service
“The Tennessee Legislation Service is a must for a professional lobbyist.”
Mary Nell Bryan
M.N. Bryan & Associates
“Helps me stay organized. . . saves me an enormous amount of time.”
Anna Durham Windrow
The Windrow Group
Stay on top of legislation quickly, efficiently and in a way that helps you do your job more effectively. To try TLS , or to schedule a demo call 615-373-7517, click Learn More above to submit the online form, or contact Tim Maddux at 615-661-0249 Ext. 8112.
Act more effectively on legislation affecting clients, association members, or constituents.
Put Tennessee Legislation Service to work for you.
To track and act on pending Tennessee legislation, without hiring a staff, running from committee to committee, or trying to be in two places at once, there’s only one solution... Tennessee Legislation Service.
For over 30 years, Tennessee Legislation Service has been the #1 source for up-to-the-minute, accurate, comprehensive information on what Capitol Hill is doing and how it affects specific constituencies. It saves money, time, frustration and headaches.
Fast answers, whenever, wherever with TLS’s best-in-class web-enabled delivery technology for iPad, mobile device, laptop and desktop.
When you add TLS to your professional toolbox, you’ll have everything you need to:
Track bills of interest in real-time based on the full bill text, what bills really do, amendments, or captions
- Stay alert to newly introduced bills affecting your interests, automatically suggested by your past searches
- Uncover caption bills amended to affect your interests, and monitor bills with broad captions
- Find bills by bill number, subject matter, public chapter number, TCA section, sponsor, or action date
- View and print the full text of bills
- Create custom client reports quickly and easily
- Track bill status and actions using your own custom calendars
- Learn of committees’ actions in real time
- Instantly find a bill’s history in both houses
- Find and read Attorney General Opinions on legislation
Tennessee Legislation Service delivers the insider intelligence you need when you need it on the platform you use the most.
Bonus Updates deliver information you need to act quickly:
Each morning, you get a summary of new bills and amendments arranged by subject and tracking all activity from the previous day. And your Weekly Comprehensive Memo summarizes current-status information about every bill, categorized by subject for quick access. Your Weekly Calendar lists all Senate and House floor sessions, committees, and subcommittees, along with summaries of each bill on the calendar, its status in the other chamber, and how it’s been amended.
Always available customer service
With more staff members than any other press organization on the Hill, we’re eager to answer your questions in person, by email or by phone, in and out of session. Our team has over 30 years of collective experience in the legislature and can update you on the latest action on any bill, the latest meeting schedule changes, and more. Always immediately responsive, accurate, and committed to helping you meet your objectives.
Custom client report tools help you shine
With just a few clicks, you can create custom client reports that summarize the status and fate of critical legislation. Then add your own position statements and analysis of each bill. Create personalized status reports for each client or each client department, automatically updated either daily or weekly.
Store, Share, Collaborate
The TLS website allows you and your colleagues to create bill tracking lists for one another, share commentary on legislation and collaborate on addressing the bill. You can also assign priority and positions on bills. The website stores your work and saves it for the next person in your organization, cutting down on paper costs and time. You can also print your priorities, positions, tasks and additional commentary on legislation with your calendars or bill reports.
Call Tim Maddux at 615-661-0249 Ext. 8112
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