Overview of the new Legislative Information Management System (LIMS) used by the Council of the District of Columbia

1. Legislative Information
Management System
(LIMS)
Public Site - Walkthrough

2. LIMS – Public Site
Key features of LIMS public site:
• The new home page allows a user to enter any phrase or number to find all legislation
related to the search criteria. No longer is a rigid search term or exact legislation
number needed to retrieve information.
• Available documents now include: bills, resolutions, contracts, grant budget
modifications, reprogrammings, Housing Finance Agency documents, Inspector General
and Auditor reports and agendas.
• The public site currently supports legislation for Council Period 20 only; the previous
Council Periods are being redirected to http://dcclims1.dccouncil.us/lims/search.aspx

3. LIMS – Public Site
Key features of LIMS public site:
• The Basic Search feature enables the user to search for legislation using any of the
following criteria:
o Legislation number
o Abbreviated Legislation number like 10, 20-10, 20-1, B20-45 etc.,
o Short title of the legislation
o Keyword or phrase
• The Advanced Search feature allows the user to conduct a detailed search for legislation.
• Latest Laws section displays the newly created laws (top 5 records displayed).

4. LIMS – Public Site Home Page
Legislation
Categories filter
Displays the newly created
Laws – up to 5.
Link to previous Council Periods
Advanced Search with more refined
search options.
Input Keyword(s) or # to search
for Legislation.

5. LIMS - Public Site Home Page
About LIMS
This dropdown helps to narrow
down the search by selecting a
specific Legislation category

6. LIMS Public Site – Latest Laws
Most recent law
This link will take user to
the page where all laws
can be viewed.

7. LIMS Public Site – Advanced Search
Key features of LIMS advanced search includes:
• The Advanced Search feature enables a user to filter legislation based on any/all of the following
criteria:
• Legislation number or any phrase
• Category, Sub-Category, Introducer, Co-Sponsor, Requestor
• Committee referrals, Legislation status, Start/End Date etc,.
• The wide range of search options helps the user to retrieve the exact result they expect to view.

8. LIMS Public Site – Advanced Search
Search legislation
by Date Range
Filter legislation by
“Requestor”
Search by legislation
category
Search legislation
by the sub-category
Search by co-
sponsors
Search legislation by
the committee referral
with comments
Search by
introducers
Search legislation by
the committee
referral
Filter legislation by
legislation status
Link to go back to
Basic Search screen
Option to hide the
Advanced Search and go
back to Basic Search

9. LIMS Public Site – Advanced Search – Official Law
Filter legislation by
legislation status –
Official Law
Search legislation
by law effective
dates

10. LIMS Public Site – Advanced Search - Congressional Review
Filter legislation by
legislation status –
Under
Congressional
Review
Search legislation
by Congressional
Transmittal Dates

11. LIMS Public Site – Search Results
Introduction
document assigned to
the Legislation (link to
PDF)
Link to Legislation
details page which
provides summary and
bill history
Toggle button to sort
search results by Recent
Updates or Chronological
Option to export search
results in Excel or PDF
Current status of the
legislation; mouse hover
displays the status
explanation

12. LIMS Public Site – Legislative Record
Key features of LIMS legislative records:
• Each legislative record offers a user either a snapshot of the status of a measure or a detailed
history of a measure:
• Legislative Summary – Key data provided in this tab include the legislation number,
introducer, committee referral and any other additional information about the measure
• Bill History – This tab offers a comprehensive history of a measure from introduction to its
final status
• Each record also includes an “Other Documents” tab which includes the referral memo, and any
other documents sent to or from the Executive regarding the measure

13. LIMS Public Site – Legislative Summary
Print the currently
displayed
legislation to PDF
Current status of
the Legislation
Displays history of the
legislation. Displays other
documents of the
legislation.

14. LIMS Public Site – Bill History
Link to introduction Document
Link to view the Hearing video
Link to view the Committee Report
Link to view Voting information
Link to view Signed Act
Link to view Signed Law
Link to enrolled version of the document

15. Voting
Information
LIMS Public Site – Voting Information

16. LIMS Public Site – Other Documents
Other Documents section
Link to documents
Other Linked Legislation

17. LIMS – Public Site
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