After you perform an Amendment Search, the Amendment Search Results display.
After the search results display, you can:
View the Criteria Used in the Search
The amendments that match the search criteria are displayed on the Search Results tab:
Bill: Displays the bill number that the amendment was offered. Click the link to display a separate window of the Bill History screen for the bill.
NOTE: By default, the amendments are sorted by bill.
Reading: Displays the chamber (H or S) and the reading (2 or 3) where the amendment was offered.
Number: Displays the amendment number as determined by the house or senate.
Author: Displays the amendment's primary author.
NOTE: To sort the amendments by author, click the Author heading.
Coauthor: Displays the amendment's coauthor information. Click the Coauthors link to view the amendment's coauthors.
Type: Displays the type of amendment.
Action: Displays the action that was taken on the amendment.
NOTE: To sort the amendments by action, click the Action heading.
Action Date: Displays the date the action was taken.
NOTE: To sort the amendments by action date, click the Action Date heading.
Text: Displays the text of the amendment. Click the PDF link to view the amendment in PDF format, or click the HTML button to view the amendment in HTML format.
The View Search Criteria tab displays criteria selected on the Amendment Search window. Click the View Search Criteria tab to view the search criteria.
NOTE: Changes to the search criteria cannot be made on the View Search Criteria page.
Click the Modify Search link. The Amendment Search window displays.
Make the changes to the search criteria.
Click Search. The search results display.
You can save the criteria entered on the Amendment Search window. Once you have saved the search, you can load, run, or delete it.
Performing a new search allows you to run a search with new criteria.
Click the New Search link. The Amendment Search window displays.
Enter the search criteria.
NOTE: All criteria from the previous search, except the Legislature, will be cleared.
Click Search. The search results display.
Choose File | Print to print the search results.
TIP: If the results are more than one page, click the View ALL link to view all the amendments that match the search criteria.