Changelog

What's New

Latest updates and improvements to BillRiders.

NewApril 2026

Follow the Money

Every analysis now shows a 'Follow the Money' card powered by USASpending.gov โ€” see which federal agencies and recipients have received funding related to the bill's topics, with real spending totals from FY2021โ€“2024.

NewApril 2026

PDF Export

Researcher subscribers can now export any bill analysis as a print-ready PDF directly from the analyze page.

ImprovedApril 2026

Monthly Analysis Limits

All plans now have clear monthly analysis limits: Free (5), Citizen (200), Researcher (500). Limits reset on the 1st of each month. Cached bills still count toward your limit.

NewApril 2026

Admin Broadcast Email

Added an admin tool to send targeted broadcast emails to users by plan tier โ€” for announcements, updates, and feature highlights.

ImprovedApril 2026

Social Sharing

The share button now correctly includes the full analyzed bill URL so your post links directly to the analysis.

NewMarch 2026

Weekly Digest Email

Citizen and Researcher subscribers now receive a weekly Sunday digest summarizing activity on their watchlisted bills โ€” new riders, vote alerts, and top trending legislation.

NewMarch 2026

Bulk Bill Analysis

Researcher subscribers can now analyze multiple bills at once using the Bulk Analysis tool.

NewMarch 2026

Bill Comparison Tool

Compare two versions of the same bill side-by-side. See exactly what changed โ€” new provisions, funding changes, added riders highlighted in green and red.

ImprovedMarch 2026

Analysis Caching

Bill analyses are now cached permanently using SHA-256 hashing. Once any user analyzes a bill, every future user gets instant results at no extra API cost.

LaunchFebruary 2026

BillRiders v1.0

BillRiders launched with AI bill analysis, Truth-in-Labeling scoring, rider detection, My Representatives, watchlist, and trending bills dashboard.