Lobbying State Governments

Outreach strategies to maximize your policy impact

State lobbyist workloads are immense: sifting through hundreds of bills, advocating on behalf of multiple clients, preparing testimony for dozens of hearings, reporting progress to stakeholders, and tracking activity for compliance purposes. And when they work across multiple states, it’s easy for things to slip through the cracks. Bloomberg Government makes it even easier for state policy professionals to seamlessly track legislative trends, bill activity, and key players across multiple jurisdictions, so they can quickly engage the right decision makers on the issues they care about.

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Lobbying at the state level involves connecting with state lawmakers and policymakers to advance a specific interest or cause. Each state has its own lobbying and public affairs processes and legal requirements, but typical day-to-day tasks include meeting with government officials and other decision makers, tracking bills, promoting specific pieces of legislation, and preparing written testimony for hearings.

State legislative advocacy is an essential part of the U.S. democratic process. Efforts to reform or implement new state policy can give voice to local issues and can shepherd innovative solutions that become a model for other states or the federal government. Fittingly, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously asserted that states can serve as “laboratories of democracy” in his 1932 dissent for New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann, adding that “a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.”

While Brandeis made this observation nearly a century ago, the idea that states can serve as a workshop for policy exploration is just as relevant today. And because each state has varying constituencies with different needs and interests, these lobbying efforts can bring attention to a range of issues, helping to ensure a diversity of voices and perspectives. With the right strategy, state lobbyists and government affairs professionals can be valuable partners for the organizations and interests they represent, as well as the elected officials they engage with.

Shape better state policy with Bloomberg Government

With increasing workloads, faster policy developments, and competing interests ready to fill in the gaps, government affairs professionals need to work smarter. They can’t waste hours manually searching through multiple sources to find and verify every relevant development for every bill. With the right tools, these lobbying and public affairs professionals can more efficiently manage their workflows and get back to the strategic work of engaging with the right decision makers on the issues that matter most.

Download our 2024 State Policy Watchlist for a breakdown of five key state policy areas, with analysis, updates, and insights.

Bloomberg Government is a one-stop-shop for state policy tracking and intelligence built to save you time and effort. With bill summaries, custom alerts, congressional directories, and specialized tools to track policy trends across multiple jurisdictions, Bloomberg Government makes it easy to build an effective lobbying and public affairs strategy with confidence.

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