The links below will take you to overviews of the legislative process in Texas. If you live and work in a different state, chances are that similar sites exist for you, too. To find them, head to Google and type:
<yourState> legislature
Explore your state's legislative website to find these kinds of overviews. If you have trouble, please let me know and I'll hunt them down for you!
When researching a particular policy or an issue as it relates to state legislative processes, you may come across a variety of different kind sof information, each serving a different purpose. Here are some kinds of information you may find yourself using in this course, and what they are good for: