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Product
Description
Can Help You |
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OLR
Reports |
Concise,
readable research reports on topics that you request |
Answer
questions...Understand issues...Develop legislation...Debate
bills...Conduct legislative oversight |
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OLResponse |
Concise
email response that answers questions on any topic |
Get quick,
focused information on any topic or pending legislation. . . Answer
constituents’ questions |
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Bill
Analyses
(BAs) |
Plain
language summaries of all bills reported to the House or Senate,
except Appropriations bills, which are summarized by the Office of
Fiscal Analysis (OFA) |
Understand
bills and the changes they undergo during the session...Prepare for
debate and discussions with colleagues and lobbyists |
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Combined
Fiscal Note/Bill Analysis FN/BA |
Produced
in collaboration with the Office of Fiscal Analysis, FN/BAs provide
plain language summaries and fiscal impacts for each section of selected
multipart bills |
Break down
large omnibus bills...Receive all relevant information on each bill
section in a single document |
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Backgrounder |
Detailed
research report on a topic of general interest |
Understand
the complexities of a major issue the legislature is likely to address |
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Major
Issues
Report |
Summaries
of major issues that may arise in the upcoming session |
Identify
upcoming issues of particular interest...Prepare for what lies ahead |
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Public Act
Summaries |
Plain
language summaries of each new law.
Published
annually in book form and online at CGA Lites bill status page |
Keep track
of what passed during the session...Inform constituents...Prepare for
public appearances |
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Major
Public Acts Report |
A short
summary of the session’s most important legislation issued within a week
of adjournment |
Write
newsletters and prepare for media interviews and public appearances |
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Acts
Affecting….Reports |
Easy-to-read summaries of new laws that affect education, the
environment, children, seniors, and others |
Write
newsletters and prepare for media interviews and public appearances |
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Bill
Tracking Report |
List of
bills whose provisions were incorporated and enacted as part of another
bill. Published annually after each regular and special session, as
appropriate |
Find out
whether a provision from bill that died passed as part of another bill |
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Selected
Reports |
Emailed
list of OLR reports of general interest issued monthly, with links to
each report |
Get
information on topics that are timely...Find out what your colleagues
are interested in |
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Veto
Package |
A packet
of vetoed bills, OLR BAs and OFA fiscal notes, and the governor’s veto
messages that’s sent to you just before a veto session |
Understand
what each vetoed bill does and why the governor rejected it |
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Rules and
Precedents Handbook |
A biennial
compilation of parliamentary rulings by the legislature’s presiding
officers |
Understand
the rules governing floor debate |
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Service |
Description |
Can Help You |
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Compile
and Send Materials |
OLR Staff
and the Legislative Librarians will cull our files for OLR reports,
journal and newspaper articles, and government and other reports on any
topic |
Identify
and learn more about issues...Prepare for meetings, floor debate, and
public appearances |
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Screen
Bills and Amendments |
OLR
analysts and LCO attorneys meet with committee leaders to discuss a
bill’s language and effect, provide background, and identify potential
problems and options |
Become
familiar with the substance and background of the committee’s bills |
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Brief
Members, Committees, and Staff |
Presentations on issues and bills to individual members, committees,
caucuses, and staff |
Become
familiar with the substance and background of issues and bills |
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Prepare
Questions |
OLR
analysts can prepare questions for all types of committee hearings and
meetings |
Raise
issues and get the information you want at public, confirmation, or
oversight hearings |
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Accompany
You to Meetings |
OLR staff
can go with you to meetings with other legislators, agency staff, and
others at the LOB or elsewhere |
Understand
the background to issues...Answer questions...Develop options as you
work on bills and resolve problems |
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OLR
Websites |
Internet
(http://www.cga.ct.gov/olr/)
and
intranet sites (http://cgalites/olr/) |
Stay
up-to-date on issues with the latest OLR reports...Search older OLR
reports by subject...Understand changes to amended bills by reading
on-line special analyses |
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Legislative
Library |
Professional staff provide reference services for members and staff,
using the library’s books, journals, OLR and other reports, and
computer-based databases |
Learn
about issues...Research legislative histories...Answer constituents’
questions |
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Staff a
Task Force |
Help task
forces identify goals, develop work plans, and frame issues; provide
research; and write task force reports |
Organize a
task force...Work with members...Focus on the issues and task force
progress |
