From: Curley, Erika (SEN) 
To: ******@comcast.net 
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 10:40 AM
Subject: Tracking Bills


Hi John, 

It was nice to meet with you last Tuesday.  All bills will be posted on
http://www.mass.gov/legis/.  This site will allow any one access to all
pending bills by clicking on the "Text if Senate Bills" or "Text of
House Bills" links.  These links will allow you to search Senate or
House bills by number or subject matter content.  

Thousands of bills were filed in December of 2004.  These bills must be
assigned to the appropriate committee where they will be converted from
docket numbers to bill numbers.  Once bill numbers are assigned, they
are then uploaded onto the server.  

Normally, the Senate Clerk's Office and the House Clerk's Office upload
the bills on the site during the first month of the new session. 
However, not all the bills are available on the server at this time. 
This is due to the major restructuring of the House, including the
election of a new Speaker of the House.  For the first time in ten
years, the House has reformulated all of the committees, thus the
assignment of bills to the appropriate committee and the conversion to
bill numbers has been delayed.  Once the committees are staffed and up
and running, the process of uploading the newly converted bill numbers
will be completed.  

The Senate Clerk and House Clerk are aware of the delay and are trying
to expediate the process.  Currently, Docket number 2626 is being
uploaded online.  

I hope this information is helpful.  Please, do not hesitate to contact
me if you have any other concerns.  

Sincerely, 

Erika L. Curley 
Director of Constituent Services 
State Senator Scott P. Brown 
Room 520, State House 
p. (617) 722-1555 f. (617) 722-1054