Bill tracking in Lexis^® consists of two main tools, the Progress Bar, and the Legislative Outlook.

The Progress Bar provides a graphic representation of the progress of a state or Federal bill in the legislative process that appears on a bill text and bill track document. It provides an at-a-glance view of the current progress of a bill.

The Legislative Outlook is a feature that displays a statistical analysis of a bill’s probability of passage to the next stage of the legislative process. This is indicated on a bill text or track document by an icon that displays one of the following states:

• Low chance to pass next stage
• Medium chance to pass next stage
• High chance to pass next stage
• Outlook Pending
• Enacted
• Vetoed
• Failed

Select Legislative outlook in detail to see additional political intelligence regarding the factors that impact a bill’s movement. This detail includes:

• Current status of the bill's progress
• Statistical probability of passage for each stage of the legislative process, by percentage
• Current legislative session status (In session, Adjourned, No session, Session not convened)
• Partisan makeup of each legislative chamber
• Bill sponsor's name, party association, and seniority
• Bill sponsor's legislative success rate from the previous session
• Bill sponsor’s legislative success rate compared to the success rate of his or her party and chamber