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PERSONALIZED LEGISLATIVE

TRACKING (PLT) 79TH (2017) SESSION

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

2/15/2017

Table of Contents

Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 1

Sign In, then Sign Up ..................................................................................................................................... 1

Welcome Menu ............................................................................................................................................. 3

My Profile .................................................................................................................................................. 3

Email Preferences .................................................................................................................................. 3

Change Password ...................................................................................................................................... 4

Sign Out ..................................................................................................................................................... 4

PLT Home ...................................................................................................................................................... 5

Buttons ...................................................................................................................................................... 5

Subscriptions ................................................................................................................................................. 6

Add Subscriptions ..................................................................................................................................... 6

Delete Subscriptions ................................................................................................................................. 7

My Tags ......................................................................................................................................................... 8

Create Tag.................................................................................................................................................. 8

Delete Tag.................................................................................................................................................. 9

Add Tag to Subscription .......................................................................................................................... 10

Remove Tag from Subscription ............................................................................................................... 11

Edit Subscription ......................................................................................................................................... 12

Create a New Tag .................................................................................................................................... 13

Add or Remove Selected Tags ................................................................................................................. 13

Add a Note .............................................................................................................................................. 14

Remove a Note ........................................................................................................................................ 14

Reports & Links ........................................................................................................................................... 15

Subscriptions by Tag ................................................................................................................................ 16

Status of Legislation ................................................................................................................................ 17

Bills by Date Introduced .......................................................................................................................... 18

Index ............................................................................................................................................................ 19

[PERSONALIZED LEGISLATIVE TRACKING (PLT)] 79TH (2017) Session

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES|2/15/2017 1

OVERVIEW

Personalized Legislative Tracking (PLT), which is now integrated with NELIS, allows you to subscribe to BDRs, bills, and budgets that are of interest to you.

To use PLT, you must:

1. Register with the Nevada Legislature 2. Sign in to your Nevada Legislature account 3. Sign up for PLT 4. Choose a subscription option 5. Sign out 6. Sign in again

You can then stay informed as your subscriptions move through the legislative process. The advantage of PLT is that you will receive immediate notifications of hearings, a daily status notification, and have access to tailored, exportable reports for the subscriptions you have chosen to track.

SIGN IN, THEN SIGN UP

1. Go to www.leg.state.nv.us

2. Click Personalized Legislative Tracking (PLT) on the right side of the web page

3. Click Sign In from the upper right corner of the NELIS / PLT home page.

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4. Enter your Username and Password.

5. Click Sign In.

6. At the top right of the screen, below

Welcome, click

Personalized Legislative Tracking, then

click Sign up for PLT

7. Complete the Subscription Options screen, then click Subscribe

8. As the screen details, you need

to sign out, then sign in again

9. As detailed in steps 3, 4, and 5,

click Sign In



WELCOME MENU

Use the Welcome Menu, for

NELIS and PLT, to make

changes to your profile,

change your password, and

to sign out.

MY PROFILE

My Profile allows you to update personal information such as your name, email address, company name,

and phone number.

1. After signing in, click Welcome “Username”

at the top right of the screen

2. Click My Profile

3. Make any necessary changes to your personal

information, then click Submit Changes

EMAIL PREFERENCES

Free subscriptions do not receive email notifications.

If you have a paid subscription, you can specify your

email preferences.

By default, all email types are turned on under Email

Preferences. Uncheck the box to turn off an email type.

The four different email notifications are:

1. Committee Meetings – Receive notification when a committee meeting agenda which

contains a bill or a budget that you are tracking is created or deleted, or when a bill or a

budget that you are tracking is added to or deleted from a committee meeting agenda.

2. Committee Reports - Receive notification when a committee report is received by the

Senate or Assembly Front Desk which contains a bill you are tracking that will be discussed

during the next scheduled Senate or Assembly Floor Session.

3. Legislation Introduced Today - Receive daily notification indicating all legislation that was

introduced that day.

4. Status of Legislation Today - Receive daily notification indicating the current status of all

bills and budgets you are tracking.



CHANGE PASSWORD

In order to change your

password, you must know

your current password.

1. Complete the three fields, then click Change

password

2. To return to PLT, click

Personalized Legislative Tracking (PLT)

SIGN OUT

Use this menu option to

sign out of NELIS and PLT.



PLT HOME

PLT has its own menu.

Toward the top right of the screen, click

Personalized Legislative Tracking, then click

PLT Home.

The PLT Home Page will list meetings scheduled for today to discuss your tracked legislation and any

upcoming meetings scheduled to discuss your tracked legislation. You can print the page.

BUTTONS

The NELIS/PLT buttons at the top of the Home page appear on all PLT pages and represent a quick way to

navigate to the Internal Home pages for BDRs, Bills, Budgets, Committees, and Reports & Links.



SUBSCRIPTIONS

A subscription is a BDR, Bill, or Budget that can be tracked. Depending on the subscription option you chose, you may be limited on the total number you can track at any given time. You can add and delete subscriptions.

ADD SUBSCRIPTIONS

1. At the top right side of the screen, click Personalized Legislative Tracking

2. Click Add Subscriptions

3. Select the

Subscription

Type from the

drop-down

menu: Bill, BDR,

Budget,

Assembly, or

Senate

OR

Enter search text

and click Search

4. Check the checkbox to the left of the legislation description(s) of the item(s) you want to track

OR

Check the checkbox in the results list header to select all items found

5. After you have checked one or more checkboxes, click

Subscribe to selected items button



DELETE SUBSCRIPTIONS

Only one subscription at a time can be deleted.


2. Click Manage Subscriptions

3. Click next to the subscription to be deleted

4. Click Delete button to confirm Deleting Subscription

5. A bright green confirmation box will briefly display

If the subscription has a tag, a message will appear indicating that the subscripton has tags that must be removed before the subscription can be deleted (see page 9 for information on removing tags).

Note: You can also access Manage Subscriptions from the Add Subscriptions page, by clicking Tracking # subscriptions of total # allowed link toward the top right of the page.

Click the Back to Top arrow

from anywhere in the list to

return to the top.



MY TAGS

Tags are used to organize and filter subscriptions. A tag can be created for subject matters, client names, or any other idea you want to use to organize your subscriptions.

For example, create a tag named “Education” and tag it to any subscription you are tracking that has to do with education. Once subscriptions have been tagged they can be viewed by the specific tag(s) assigned to them.

CREATE TAG


2. Click My Tags

3. Type a name for the tag, noting the maximum of 50 characters

4. Click Add or press Enter

A message will appear indicating the tag has been successfully created.

The new tag will be displayed in the tag table.



DELETE TAG

You cannot delete a tag that is currently being used. First remove the tab from any subscription, then it

can be deleted. In the sample below, Bullying, Parks, and Water have a gray X (unavailable) because they

have subscriptions using them, while Health is not in use and can be deleted.


2. Click My Tags

3. Click next to the tag to be deleted

The icons next to the tag indicate the following:

– # within parenthesis shows number of subscriptions with this tag

– pencil on paper to edit the tag

– X to delete the tag

– trash can to remove tag from all subscriptions

Click the number in parenthesis to open the Manage Subscriptions page.

A message will appear indicating the

tag has been successfully deleted.



ADD TAG TO SUBSCRIPTION

Once tags have been created, they can be applied to any subscription.



3. Check the checkbox(es) to the left of the subscription(s) to add a tag

OR

Check the checkbox in the results list header to select all items

4. Select a tag from the Select Tag drop-down list

5. Click Add Tag to Checked button

6. A confirmation will display

Multiple tags can be added to subscriptions.



REMOVE TAG FROM SUBSCRIPTION



3. Check the checkbox(es) to the left of the subscription(s) to remove a tag

OR

Check the checkbox in the results list header to select all items

4. Select a tag from the drop-down list

5. Click Remove Tag from Checked button

6. A confirmation message will display



EDIT SUBSCRIPTION

The Edit Sucscription page allows you to manage a subscription’s tags and notes. It can be accessed several different ways.

You can also create new tags from this screen.



3. Click to the left of the subscription

If you have more tags than can show

in the window, use the scroll bar to

see the additional tags.



CREATE A NEW TAG

On the Edit Subscription screen, you can create a new Tag.

1. In the New Tag Text box, type in a new Tag name (maximum of 50 characters)

2. Click Create Tag button

3. The confirmation screen displays

ADD OR REMOVE SELECTED TAGS

On the Edit Subscription screen, you can see tags that have been added, add more tags, or remove tags.



3. Click to the left of the subscription

OR

Click Add/Remove Tags link in the subscription’s row

4. To add or remove tags, click in the check box to the left of the tag name

5. Click the Add Tags or Remove Tags button



ADD A NOTE



3. Click Add Note link in the subscription’s row

4. Enter text in the Subscription Note field

5. Click Save Note button

Note: a warning will display if you try to close

the form without saving the note

6. Click Close button to return to the Manage Subscriptions page

Note: NELIS shows a Notes icon

REMOVE A NOTE



3. Click Edit/Remove Note link in the subscription’s row

4. In the Edit Subscription window, click Remove Note button

5. Click Yes to the Are you sure question

6. Click Close button to return to the Manage Subscriptions page



REPORTS & LINKS

There are several reports available in PLT, including:

Subscriptions by Tag – list subscriptions by a specific tag

Status of Legislation – list subscriptions including status and recent history in grid format

Bills by Date Introduced - list subscriptions by introduced date using a specified date range


2. Click Reports & Links

OR

Click Reports & Links from the Menu Button bar

As described in red text, the star is used to mark a report as a Favorite.



SUBSCRIPTIONS BY TAG



3. Click Subscriptions by Tag

4. To filter the list (optional):

a. Select Subscription Type from the drop-down menu

b. Select tag from View by Tag drop-down menu

c. Enter Search Text

d. Use the Filter icon

5. To Export the grid:

a. Click Export to PDF

b. Click Export to Excel

c. Click Save list arrow, then Save As

d. Specify a file location and name, click Save

e. Click Open

f. If necessary in Excel, click Enable Editing

Note: It is important that you do not use this file to track information about your subscriptions.

It is a snapshot of your subscriptions for that moment in time. If you need another report later,

let PLT generate another updated report that you can export to Excel.



STATUS OF LEGISLATION



3. Click Status of Legislation




c. Select a committee from View by Committee drop-down menu

d. Enter Search Text

e. Use the Filter icon






e. Click Open







BILLS BY DATE INTRODUCED



3. Click Bills by Date Introduced




c. Select a committee from View by Committee drop-down menu

d. Enter Search Text

e. Specify date range

f. Use the Filter icon






e. Click Open







INDEX

A

Add

Tag ............................................................................... 10

Add Tag ............................................................................. 13

B

Buttons................................................................................ 5

C

Create Tag ........................................................................... 8

D

Delete Tag ........................................................................... 9

E

Edit Subscription ............................................................... 12

Email Preferences ............................................................... 3

H

Home .................................................................................. 5

M

My Profile ........................................................................... 3

My Tags ............................................................................... 8

N

Note

Remove ........................................................................ 14

O

Overview ............................................................................. 1

P

Password

Change ........................................................................... 4

R

Remove

Note ............................................................................. 14

Tag ......................................................................... 11, 13

Remove Tag ................................................................ 11, 13

Reports ............................................................................. 15

Bills by Date Introduced (PDF) ..................................... 18

Status of Legislation (Grid) .......................................... 17

Subscriptions by Tag (Grid) .......................................... 16

S

Sign Out .............................................................................. 4

Sign Up ............................................................................... 1

Subscription........................................................................ 6

Add ................................................................................ 6

Delete ............................................................................ 7

Edit .............................................................................. 12

T

Tag ...................................................................................... 8

Add ........................................................................ 10, 13

Create ...................................................................... 8, 13

Delete ............................................................................ 9

Remove ................................................................. 11, 13

W

Welcome ............................................................................ 3

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