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Should I Use BillTrack50?

billtrack50.com·Analyzed 10 hours ago··Based on 10 sources

BillTrack50 offers powerful regulation tracking and legislation tracking tools to find, track, and share state and federal bills and regulations easily.

Worth it

Worth it

Buy if you need affordable tracking of state and federal bills with sharing tools; start on the free Citizen tier.

Budget-friendly bill tracking for all 50 states + federal; free Citizen tier. Light on deep AI/hearing-video extras rivals tout.

Confidence: Medium

Yes

Free tier

Forever-free Citizen plan

50 states + federal

Coverage

Bills and regulations

iOS + Android

Mobile apps

App Store and Google Play

Yes

AI bill summaries

Launched for nonprofits, 2024

Value for money4

Free tier; open, budget-friendly pricing

Feature depth4

Tracking, regulations, scorecards, widgets, AI summaries

Pros

  • Forever-free Citizen tier for bill tracking³
  • Covers all 50 states plus federal bills and regulations¹
  • All paid pricing published openly⁴
  • AI-generated bill summaries targeted at nonprofits⁵
  • Sharing tools: stakeholder pages, scorecards, embeddable widgets

Cons

  • No public security page found
  • 2025 subscription restructuring may change plans and limits
  • Rival says it lacks hearing video and deeper AI analysis⁷

Gotchas

  • medium2025 tier restructuring — verify current plan limits before committing
  • mediumGuess: free Citizen tier limits tracked bills; confirm before relying on it³
  • mediumNo published security page — ask about data handling for sensitive work

Best for

  • Nonprofits tracking state legislation
  • Advocacy and policy teams
  • Compliance teams tracking regulations
  • Citizens following bills for free

Not for

  • Single-state newsrooms — FastDemocracy fits better
  • Buyers wanting live hearing video plus AI analysis
  • Enterprise teams needing a Quorum-scale advocacy suite
  • Casual bill checkers — the free tier already covers you

Pricing

Citizen

Free

  • Look up state and federal bills
  • Shared stakeholder pages viewable without account

Paid tiers

See pricing page

  • Professional and organization plans
  • Prices published openly on site

Security

No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Independent user reviews are scarce in public sources; available signals are positive but largely vendor-adjacent or truncated.

“BillTrack50 is a fantastic tool for any…”
— Apple App Store listing

Alternatives

Compare BillTrack50 with each alternative.

USLege

Adds live hearing video and AI analysis

Full analysis

Based on ~30 public sources; no named enterprise customers found in evidence.

Sources

  1. BillTrack50 official sitebilltrack50.com
    official
  2. Legislative Tracking System Pricing Tiersbilltrack50.com
    official
  3. Comparative Analysis: Quorum and BillTrack50 (free Citizen tier)billtrack50.com
    official
  4. Comparative Analysis: LegiScan and BillTrack50 (open pricing)billtrack50.com
    official
  5. BillTrack50 Offers AI-Generated Bill Summaries for Nonprofitsnonprofitpro.com
    news
  6. Finding a legislation tracking tool that fits your newsroom's needsrjionline.org
    news
  7. USLege vs BillTrack50 (competitor comparison)uslege.ai
    review
  8. Best Legislative Tracking Software — USLege listinguslege.ai
    review
  9. USF Gleeson Library legislative research guidelibrary.usfca.edu
    review
  10. SSL Server Test — billtrack50.comssllabs.com
    security

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