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Legislative Monitoring Done Right

At MIRS we put technology to work for you, providing multiple ways to make sure you're on top of the thousands of pieces of legislation introduced each session year. 

Compiled Law Citation Tracking

Enter the section of Michigan's Compiled Law (MCL) of the statute you care about most - we alert you when there's new legislation. 

Category Tracking

Specify the key Legislative Service Bureau categories you want to track.  We'll alert you when there's new legislation introduced.

Key Word/Key Phrase Alerts

Enter key words or key phrases, we'll alert you when they pop up in bill text, legislative analysis documents, news articles, press releases and more.

Multi-Database Monitoring

Apply key word, key phrase and category alerts across multiple databases - from bills, to news, to press releases, to MIRS articles and more. 

Bill Text Comparison Tools

Do a side by side comparison of different versions of the same bill, or two bills from the same session or prior sessions.  Comparisons can be saved, exported and shared.

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Live Committee Dashboard

A continually updated dashboard of the days Michigan legislative hearings - see actions the committee has taken so far, if it's currently meeting or adjourned.  All legislative hearings for the day and what took place!

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Interactive Hearing Transcriptions

Interactive video transcripts for legislative hearings.  Click to the the point you'd like to begin playback.  Download PDFs of hearings.  Our transcripts have speakers marked and include timestamps.  

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See a bill you want to track? 
Use our bill rollover to start creating customized lists of legislation you need to keep track of. 

Our Daily Activity Reports - come each morning for those tracking legislation or with alerts set up.  It includes a list of all your matches and what you may have missed in the last 24 hours as well as:
- New bill introductions
- Key committee meetings and more

House and Senate Activity Reports that are quick to navigate - and built out in real time to keep you up to date.

Powerful site-wide search spanning six databases and more than 20 years of news articles, press releases, bill text and more.