Overview of Lawmaker

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This is the first page you’ll see when you visit the Lawmaker website unless you’ve already logged in recently.

When an account is created for you on Lawmaker you will be notified of your username. Note this is not your email address and is case sensitive.

If you’ve forgotten your password click Forgot password? to reset it.

Lawmaker uses mutli-factor authentication so you may be required to enter further credentials after this screen.

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Dashboard

This is the first screen you will see after you log in. It shows all the projects that you have access to and also enables you to create new projects.

See Projects and documents for more about working with projects.

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Project tab

The Project Tab shows the working documents contained within a project that you have access to and also significant document versions that have been shared, published or otherwise marked as significant. You can view and edit documents from here and carry out a range of other tasks including generating PDFs, comparing different document versions and managing permissions.

See Documents and folders on the Project Tab for more about working with documents.

Amendment Workspace

For Bill projects, the Amendment Workspace shows draft amendments being worked on by you and others in your organisation. Amendments being worked on are contained in a List of Draft Amendments (or LoDA for short). A LoDA can either contain one or more “traditional” amendments in the page/line format, e.g. “Clause 5, page 6, line 2, leave out…” or it can be an “inline LoDA” where the amendments are represented as tracked changes in a copy of the Bill.

The Amendment Workspace shows all the LoDAs that you have access to, enables you to carry out various actions on those LoDAs (e.g. to generate a PDF of them) and to create a new LoDA.

Amendment Manager

For Bill projects, the Amendment Manager gives you a view of all the individual amendments you have access to, either because they were drafted in your organisation or, if you are a user with Parliament or the Scottish Parliament, because they have been submitted to your organisation.

The Amendment Manager can be used to carry out a range of tasks in relation to one or more amendments, including editing them in a temporary list, submitting them, and putting them on hold. If you are a parliament user, you can use this page to generate an official amendment list and also to control the Order of Consideration.

Official Lists

For Bill projects, the Official Lists tab shows all the official lists (e.g. marshalled lists) that have been generated in the project. If you are a parliament user, you can generate new lists from this page either from the Create List button or by duplicating an existing list. Users in other organisations can only view lists that have been published or shared with them.