Setting up an account
Account Preferences
My Details
Personal information can be updated under My Account Details, including email address, mobile phone number and name. To update personal information, use the Edit Details option.
Notifications
Email notifications
Second Reading Email – Where applicable, BillTracker sends the user a daily Second Reading list of the bills tracked bills that meet the criteria. User specific.
Third Reading Email – Where applicable, BillTracker sends the user a daily Third Reading list of the bills tracked bills that meet the criteria. User specific.
Daily Calendar Email – BillTracker sends a daily calendar that includes the daily scheduled hearings, times, meeting locations and other important information for the affected tracked bills. User specific.
Completed Reviews Email – BillTracker sends a daily email notifying the user of any completed reviews that were sent by that user. User specific.
Plain Text Meeting Notifications - Users may opt to receive meeting invitations as plain text. Users who elect to receive your BillTracker meeting announcements as plain text will not be able to synchronize with an .ics compatible calendar program.
Meeting Invitation Opt-Out – Choose this option if you DO NOT wish to receive any meeting invitations or announcements via email or text message.
Keyword Email – BillTracker allows you to receive daily email notices about new bills that may be of interest to you. To receive this notice select the Keywords Email and enter the terms of the search in the Keywords box. Individual terms should be separated with a space and search phrases should be enclosed in quotation marks. Users who have selected this option will receive a daily email with an alert to any new bills that meet the search criteria.
Text notifications
Opt-in to text messages to receive last minute hearing information. The service requires that a current mobile phone number is provided under My Details.
Tags
Tags offer an additional level of categorization in BillTracker. Use the Tags option in Account Preferences to manage tags. Remember that Tags are organization-based, not user-based. Any changes, additions or deactivations will be viewable to all organization users.
To add a tag, use the Add Tag option. Provide a Tag Name and, if applicable, associate the name to a primary categorization (client/department/issue/etc.). Tags not associated with primary categorizations will be universal tags. Save changes using Save Tag.
To edit a tag, use the pencil/edit icon next to the tag you wish to edit.
To disable a tag, use the edit action and uncheck the Active option.
Profiles
Use Profiles to create a set of pre-selected parameters that can be used to quickly filter the calendar of the bills.
To add a profile select Add Profile and select the desired parameters. To save the profile, provide a name for the profile and select Save Profile.
To edit a profile select the pencil/edit option next to the Profile Name and follow the procedures for adding a profile.
To delete a profile, select the delete option.