Questions about OlympiaTrack
The things people ask before they sign up.
What is OlympiaTrack?
Bill tracking software for the Washington State Legislature. It puts every bill back to 1991, committees, hearings, legislators, the RCW and WAC, agency rulemaking and local government in one place, and adds plain-English AI summaries, automatic tracking, alerts and client reports. It is built for lobbyists and government relations teams, and anyone following the session can use it.
Is OlympiaTrack free?
There is a free plan. A free account can browse and look up any bill or record and keep one tracking list of up to 50 bills. Standard ($150 a month, one user) and Pro ($300 a month, up to three users) include every feature, including AI summaries, alerts and unlimited lists. Standard comes with a 14-day free trial.
Can I look up a bill without an account?
Yes. Every Washington bill from recent sessions that moved past its first committee has a public page with its sponsor, status, floor votes and the Legislature's own nonpartisan staff analysis. Start at Washington State bills in the footer of any page.
Where does the data come from?
Directly from the Washington State Legislature's own web services, plus other official sources: the Washington State Register for rulemaking, the Office of Financial Management for fiscal notes, the Secretary of State for elections, the Attorney General for formal opinions, the Public Disclosure Commission's public datasets, TVW, and city and county council records. Nothing is copied from other trackers.
How current is it?
Bills in the current session sync from the Legislature every hour, and committee schedules and floor calendars refresh through the day. Alerts arrive in a morning email at 6 a.m. Pacific, or through the day if you prefer.
How is this different from leg.wa.gov?
Everything on leg.wa.gov is real, free and authoritative, and OlympiaTrack links to it throughout. What OlympiaTrack adds is one place for all of it, plus what the state does not publish: plain-English summaries, automatic tracking, who testified, vote scorecards, cutoff risk, client reports, and one daily email instead of a daily check.
Are the AI summaries official?
No, and they are never presented as official. Each one is generated from the bill's own text and shown beside the Legislature's official staff analysis, so you can check one against the other.
Are other states or Congress covered?
No. Washington only, on purpose: the Legislature, plus all 320 cities, towns and counties, with full council legislation for eight of them. One state covered completely is worth more than fifty covered shallowly.
Does it predict whether a bill will pass, or who wins an election?
No. OlympiaTrack reports the record: where comparable bills ended up in past sessions, and how a legislator has actually voted. It never invents a probability, and the elections page never rates a race as safe or competitive.
What happens during the interim?
Plenty. Agencies write the rules that carry out what just passed, interim committees meet, campaigns run, and prefiling opens in December. Rulemaking, elections and statute watches keep running when the Legislature is not in session.
Can I send reports to my clients?
Yes. Build a report once and it reaches each client by email on the schedule you set, or share it as a link the client opens without an account.
Can I export my data?
Yes. Reports and vote scorecards download as PDF, Word or CSV, a list exports as a file you can re-import or hand to a coworker, and hearings sync to any calendar app over a standard calendar feed.
Who makes OlympiaTrack?
Collin's Software LLC, a Washington company, built by people who work the session. OlympiaTrack is not affiliated with the Washington State Legislature.
More about how the Legislature works is in the guides, and every public bill page starts at Washington State bills. Anything else: contact support.