How to Use the Texas Legislature Online Portal

welcome to the Republican party of Texas online training today we are looking at the Texas legislature online portal we will call it the T for convenience today the first step is to navigate to the Texas legislature online you can do this by quickly searching for Texas legislature online on Google or by using the link provided on our website click the login button located at the top right corner of the red toolbar enter your username and password or click new user to create an account to create an account enter your email this will be your username and answer security questions once you've created an account you're ready to log in log in and check the remember me box to save your email and password for convenience after logging in you'll reach the homepage featuring tools to keep you updated on the 89th session of the Texas legislature let's look at what you will probably use the most the search legislation section in the red circle the search legislation section is your primary resource for finding information on bills you can search using either the Bill's name or its assigned number remember to prefix house bills with HB and Senate bills with SB if you don't know a bill number you can search using keywords for example by entering the keyword Insurance T will display all bills associated with that topic T has given us a list of bills that have to do with insurance our keyword here you can note the author read the text of the bill and make note of the bill number you can use the Texas legislature online to create a list of bills you wish to follow from the homepage click my t button in top leand Corner please click on the first choice Bill list you will enter a name for your list and a description with an example being education and funding next click create now you can enter the bills you wish to add to your list to follow enter the bill number and a comment if you wish then click add we will use S SP2 after you add the bills you want to watch be sure to click save after you created your lists you will see it here then click run and your bills will be displayed here is the sb2 bill that we added to our list you caness access your created list from the homepage by clicking on the my t button in the top left hand corner as you head back to the homepage be sure to notice other useful features like legislative activity where you can watch previous or live broadcasts of legislative sessions calendars are also helpful for following all legislative activity this concludes this overview of the Texas legislature online thank you for joining us please stay tuned for more learning videos and experiences from the Republican party of Texas