Stay Ahead of Every Bill, Amendment, and Vote on Beacon Hill
Massachusetts lobbyists trust MassTrac to track legislation, monitor amendments, and never miss a critical hearing. Whether you represent one client or dozens, MassTrac gives you the intelligence and alerts you need to influence policy before it’s too late.
Challenges Every Massachusetts Lobbyist Faces
Bills with weird keywords or without citations that slip through traditional tracking methods
Last-minute amendments that change everything overnight
Multiple clients with overlapping and conflicting interests
Hearing schedules that change with little notice
Daily legislative activity across hundreds of bills you need to monitor
Clients demanding reports at a moment's notice
Traditional methods - spreadsheets, manual legislative website checks, or generic tracking tools not built for Massachusetts - leave you constantly playing catch-up.
MassTrac was built specifically to solve these Massachusetts legislative tracking challenges.
Why Massachusetts Lobbyists Choose MassTrac
Bill Tracking
Comprehensive Bill Tracking Built for Massachusetts
Unlike generic legislative tracking tools that scrape websites and miss critical updates, MassTrac combines technology and expert human oversight to ensure you never miss an action.
Track bills four different ways:
Smart Search
AI‑powered Smart Search using semantic learning rather than basic keywords.
Statutory Citations
Find bills based on references to the Massachusetts General Laws and Session Laws contained within them.
Bill Category
Search for bills by subject matter—either broadly (such as “Education”), or very specifically.
Bill Sponsor
See every bill filed by a particular legislator.
Smart Alerts
Intelligent Daily Alerts That Save Hours
The Daily Alert is MassTrac’s most popular feature—and for good reason. Every morning before you start work, you receive a comprehensive email showing exactly what happened to your tracked bills, amendments, legislators, and committees.
Your Daily Alert includes:
- Actions on tracked bills and amendments
- New bills matching your keywords, citations, and categories
- Big bill and budget reports
- New bill text and amendments
- Scheduled House and Senate sessions
- News and press releases on your legislation
Tracks
Organized Tracking for Complex Client Portfolios
MassTrac offers unlimited users and unlimited tracks. Unlike competitors who charge per seat, we allow you to add as many colleagues as needed—no extra fees.
Create tracking lists (folders) for each client, issue area, or project. Bills automatically update when new versions are filed, and docket numbers convert to bill numbers seamlessly.
Open tracks are available for firm‑wide visibility or private tracks for individual client confidentiality—perfect for lobbying firms managing multiple clients with competing interests.
Smart Compare
See Exactly What Changed Between Bill Versions
Understanding the precise differences between bill versions is critical for effective lobbying. MassTrac’s Smart Compare tool gives you instant, visual clarity on every change between any two versions of a bill.
Advanced Reporting
Professional Reports in Seconds
Generate customized reports instantly from anywhere in the platform.
- Bill tracking reports with any data fields you choose
- Committee reports showing all legislation in a committee
- Legislative scorecards showing how representatives voted
- Comprehensive bill comparisons with Smart Compare
- Download as Word or CSV. Share with clients (no MassTrac subscription required)
Big Bills
"Big Bill" Analysis You Won't Find Anywhere Else
When major legislation or the state budget drops, you need section-by-section analysis immediately. MassTrac provides human‑written summaries of big bills and amendments that help you quickly identify impacts on your clients.
Transcripts
Never Miss What Was Said in Committee or on the Floor
MassTrac gives you instant access to searchable transcripts of committee hearings, floor debates, regulatory hearings, and special commissions.
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