Most legislative research involves the same slow cycle: search, filter, read, summarize, repeat, and then translate all of it into something a director or client can act on. The AI Assistant is designed to compress that cycle.
It won't replace your judgment or your expertise. But it can handle a significant amount of the legwork like surfacing relevant bills, summarizing complex legislation, and drafting communications so your team can spend more time on decisions and less on assembly.
What it's built for
Finding and filtering legislation
Ask in plain language and the Assistant interprets your intent, searches PolicyNote's legislative data, and applies filters automatically. Instead of manually building a search query, you can ask things like:
- "What bills were introduced around generative AI in the US this year?"
- "Tell me about bills in Iowa related to ethanol."
Summarizing and analyzing bills
The Assistant can summarize individual bills, highlight key provisions, and draw out themes across multiple pieces of legislation. Useful for initial briefings, internal memos, or getting quickly up to speed on a bill your team hasn't touched yet.
- "What are the key provisions of this bill? Summarize using bullet points."
- "What are some takeaways from healthcare bills enacted this year?"
Drafting position statements
Give it a bill and a stance and it will draft a position statement, generate supporting or opposing arguments, and frame potential impacts for a specific industry or audience.
- "Draft a position statement in opposition to this bill."
- "What implications could this bill have for the financial services industry?"
Writing and reformatting communications
The Assistant can draft emails, reformat summaries for different audiences, and adjust tone or length on request. Useful when you need to turn internal research into external-facing communication quickly.
- "Draft an email in support of this bill I can send via VoterVoice."
- "Rewrite this to be more concise."
What it works with
The Assistant draws from FiscalNote's policy datasets, including US federal and state bills, regulations, and research documents from January 1, 2022 to present. It also has foundational knowledge up to October 2023, which it uses to provide additional context when relevant.
A few things it currently doesn't have access to:
- Live web search beyond its datasets
- User-specific data like your Actions, Projects, or Alerts
- Some FiscalNote datasets, including Stakeholders
One exception: as of February 2025, the Assistant can answer questions about select CQ content when you're actively viewing a CQ document in PolicyNote.
When a query falls outside its scope, the Assistant will tell you rather than guess.
What it's not
The AI Assistant is a research and drafting tool, not a final authority. Its responses are a starting point. Always cross-check critical information against official sources before using it in formal communications or decisions. Think of it as a capable first drafter that still needs your review.
New capabilities are added regularly based on user feedback. If you run into something it can't do yet, that may change.
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