Open States: A Free Legal Research Tool for State Legislative Information

The Sunlight Foundation has recently launched the full version of openstates.org, a non-profit and non-partisan website containing legislative data for all 50 states. As the site's main page indicates, Open States allows users to find a legislator, review a legislator's votes, search upcoming legislation, and track bill progress. The site's search function also allows researchers to identify issues and topics across states.

For a tutorial on Open States, click here.

To go directly to the Open States page for South Dakota, click here.

(This entry was originally written and posted by Sarah Kammer)