Our reporting standard
Source before summary.
Evidence before inference.
A report earns trust by making its basis visible. Every material finding leads to an official source. Every material gap remains part of the record.
01 / Scope
A precise question.
A defined source set.
The matter begins with the provision, issue, and period under review. We identify the available official materials and make the boundaries of the source set explicit.
A complete report is complete within its defined scope. Missing recordings, unavailable documents, uncertain attribution, and conflicting evidence remain visible.
02 / Source hierarchy
Keep the official material in view.
- Enacted text and official bill versions
- The controlling language and the text at each legislative stage.
- Amendments, votes, and journals
- What changed, when it changed, and the recorded action.
- Recorded proceedings
- The contemporaneous explanation, questions, and procedural context.
- Official reports and digests
- Orientation and cross-checking, with their role distinguished from the enacted text.
03 / Collection and connection
Follow each material change.
Legitas matches official versions and amendment instruments to the procedural action and relevant recorded discussion. AI assists collection, transcription, and synthesis.
Transcripts support search and navigation. Relevant segments are checked against the recording before supporting a finding; the official recording controls when the two differ.
04 / Material distinctions
A source is not a synthesis.
- Official material
- The document, vote, journal, or recording itself.
- Extracted fact
- A bounded description with a page, line, date, or timestamp.
- Legitas synthesis
- What the collected record supports, with the basis and limits stated.
- Attorney judgment
- Counsel’s interpretation and application, distinct from the research record.
05 / Review and corrections
Make uncertainty—and revision—visible.
When sources point in different directions, the report presents the competing material and a bounded synthesis. Silence in the record does not establish a participant’s private motive.
Delivered records identify their date or version. Material corrections are issued as labeled revisions that explain what changed and why.
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