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Capitol Reserarch offers services for lobbyists, legislative liaisons, trade associations, and the general public who are interested in issues before the Texas Legislature.


Transcription of Legislative Hearings and Floor Debates

The Texas Legislature does not transcribe its proceedings (although the Texas Senate does transcribe some of its work, usually after the session is over).

Capitol Research offers transcription services for lobbyists, legislative liaisons, trade associations, and the general public who are interested in issues before the Texas Legislature.

Capitol Research provides timely and cost effective transcriptions for our clients who need transcripts of committee hearings and floor debates. These proceedings can be as short as a few minutes or can last hours. In either case, Capitol Research is ready to go to work for you.

Rather than making arrangement for hiring an expensive court reporter, Capitol Research can provide those transcripts for you. Capitol Research uses the Legislature's official tape recordings as our source material. Because of this, we can work up any proceeding: past, present, or future.

Our rates are based on the proceeding's length and and the turn-around time that you require.

Normal Delivery

  • 3-Week Turn-Around
  • $30 + $1 per minute of the proceeding.

Rush

  • 1-Week Turn-Around
  • $50 + $2 per minute of the proceeding.

Document Delivery

Although current legislation and bill analyses are available over the Internet, Capitol Research can provide other documents to you that are not so easily available. Whether it is an older bill, an interim study by a legislative committee, or documents or written testimony given to a committee at today's public hearing, Capitol Research can secure the document and delivery it to you.

Our rates are based on the proceeding's length and and the turn-around time that you require.

Normal Delivery

  • 1-Week Turn-Around
  • $50

Rush

  • 2-Day Turn-Around
  • $100

Legislative Monitoring Services

Do you need to follow the progress of a bill or issue through the Texas Legislature? Capitol Research can follow the bill(s) or issue(s) for you and keep you updated via e-mail.

Capitol Research offers monitoring services for attorneys and the general public who are interested in issues before the Texas Legislature.

The first step is to inform us of the issue that you are interested in. For example: workers' comp, school finance, sales tax, products liability, ...

Capitol Research will send you weekly e-mails indicating any bills filed in your area of interest. You will also receive an electronic copy of the bill.

Capitol Research will then follow each bill, updating you via e-mail of each step. If hearings are held for the bills, we will e–mail you notice before the hearing. Afterward, you will receive a listing of all of the witnesses (and who they represent) and the disposition of the bill. You will also be notified when the bill goes to the House or Senate floor. We will send you any legislative documents (committee reports and bill analyses) that are produced for the bills.

Our rate for legislative monitoring starts at $100/month ($500 for the session).