Legislative Advocacy Information Sources

1. California Legislative Information This site is maintained by the Legislative Counsel of California. There are Daily Updates of Assembly Bills and Senate Bills.
2. The California Legislature -- Know your Legislators Find them by zip codes and a nice list offered for sources of information.
   1. Senate and Assembly Members' Home Pages and Addresses
   2. Senate and Assembly Committee Membership
   3. Legislative Calendar and Senate Session Schedule
   4. Rules of the Legislature
   5. How a Bill Becomes Law
   6. Glossary of Legislative Terms
3. Capitol Enquiry is a publishing company that will supply you with publications for California and also a handy U.S. Congress Directory. It is a commercial publishing company. Visit, read, see if you like it and want to purchase. I do and use some materials.
4. Justice For All and our JFA E-mail Network were formed to defend and advance disability rights and programs in the 104th Congress. One JFA goal is to work with national and state organizations of people with disabilities to get the word from Washington D.C. out to the grassroots. Anyone willing to help get JFA Alerts out to their constituencies, may subscribe by sending e-mail to:
   majordomo@mailbot.com
   with the following in the body of the message subscribe justice username@hostname
5. Human Rights Resource Center supplies a full list of all state Legislators' E-mail addresses
6. The National Conference of State Legislatures site offers a lot. Some of it is restricted information.
   Here are the State Legislatures Internet Links
   I find overall search for information easiest with this NCSLnet Site Map
7. State and Local Governments
8. The Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet is a force to be reckoned with - - just like the government. You will find access to information regarding specific bills, recent action on the floor of both houses, listing of addresses - - email and snail mail - - for your legislators, and much more. Take a tour of Washington and have a good time. Don't miss the Congressional Internet Resources at the bottom of the page.
9. The U.S. House of Representatives' World Wide Web service provides public access to legislative information as well as information about Members, Committees, and Organizations of the House and to other U.S. government information resources.
10. The United States Senate's World Wide Web server provides information from and about the members of the Senate, Senate Committees, and Senate leadership and support offices. This evolving service also provides general background information about U.S. Senate legislative procedures, Senate facilities in the U.S. Capitol, and the history of the Senate.
11. Washington Watch is a weekly publication put out by the United Cerebral Palsy Association. It contains details on pressing issues concerning the disability community which arise on Capitol Hill.

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