State, 2-letter code
Upper or lower chamber
2-year term being analyzed
Lawmaker name
ID number for Lawmaker
Year elected into current legislative term
District number
Party, including D and R
1 = majority party
State Legislative Effectiveness Score
Rank in legislature for current term
All bills sponsored by Lawmaker this term
Number of bills with Action in Committee
Number of bills with Action beyond Committee
Number of bills passing home chamber
Number of bills becoming law
Substantive and significant (S&S) bills sponsored by Lawmaker this term
S&S bills with Action in Committee
S&S bills with Action beyond Committee
S&S bills passing home chamber
S&S bills becoming law
Substantive bills sponsored by Lawmaker this term
Substantive bills with Action in Committee
Substantive bills with Action beyond Committee
Substantive bills passing home chamber
Substantive bills becoming law
Commemorative bills sponsored by Lawmaker this term
Commemorative bills with Action in Committee
Commemorative bills with Action beyond Committee
Commemorative bills passing home chamber
Commemorative bills becoming law
Year term began
Year term ended
Year of election for this term
Length of legislative term
Year for term groupings (accounting for LA, MS, NJ, VA)
Indicators for state chambers
Size of legislative chamber
1 = Female
Race, from name-based predictions
Seniority
Year first elected
Name (Klarner data, adjusted)
Name (Klarner data)
Lawmaker ID number (Klarner data)
Proportion vote share in last election
1 = Appointed or won special election
Ideology (based on Shor-McCarty)
Distance (ideological) from chamber median
1 = leader, inc Speaker/President
1 = Speaker or President
1 = Majority leader
1 = Minority leader
1 = Committee chair
Detail of committee chaired
1 = Serves on power committee
1 = Committee gatekeeping power exists (Anzia-Jackman)
1 = Power to deny hearing exists (Anzia-Jackman)
1 = Power to deny report exists (Anzia-Jackman)
1 = Majority party sets calendar (Anzia-Jackman)
1 = Majority leader sets calendar (Anzia-Jackman)
1 = Majority committee sets calendar (Anzia-Jackman)
Year of Squire data used for professionalism score
State legislative professionalism (Squire)
Annual legislative salary
Average annual session length (days)
Average staff per lawmaker (NCSL data)