Creating Bill Lists

You can create a bill list several different ways. All bill lists may contain up to 200 bills.

NOTE:  You must log-in to My TLO to create a bill list.

Creating a Bill List in the Bill Lists Window

1. Click the My TLO tab, then select Bill Lists. 

2. Use the Legislature dropdown to select a session.

3. In the Create List area, enter a bill list name and description.

5. Click Create. The Edit Bill List window displays.

6. In the Bill field, enter a bill number.

7. In the Comment field, enter a comment.

NOTE:  (1) You can enter a comment in the Comment field without entering a bill number in the Bill field.  This will display as a title when you run the Bill List. (2) You can enter up to 120 characters in the Comment field.

8. Click the Add button to add the bill to your bill list.

TIP: Click Insert to place a row above the selected row. Click Delete to remove the selected row from the list.

9. By default, the bills in your list are displayed in order of entry. You can also display the list in bill number order.  In the Display Order field, click the Bill or Entry radio button.

NOTE:  When the list is displayed in bill number order, comments without bill numbers are sorted based on the bill number in the row preceding the comment.

10. Click Save to save the bill list.  

11. Click Run to view the bill list results.

Creating a Bill List from Search Results

1. From any of your search result pages, click the Add to Bill List link. (Search methods include: Bill Lookup, Text Search Results, and Bill Search Results ). 

2. To find the Add to Bill List link in your bill and text search results, click the Related Links check box, then click Apply. The Add Bill to Bill List dialog box displays.

3. Click the Existing bill list or New bill list radio button.

1. • Existing Bill List: Select a bill list using the dropdown.

   • New Bill list:  Enter a name in the New bill list field and a description in the Bill List Description field for the bill list. Enter a comment for the bill in the Bill Comment field.

NOTE: The Existing Bill List option is not available if you have not created any bill lists.

4. Click OK. A message displays that the bill has been successfully added to your saved bill lists in My TLO.