Next.js on Vercel, Supabase PostgreSQL + Auth, and GitHub Actions CI. The structural foundation that all data and UI layers build on.
Apr 2026
Brand Guide v1.2
Design system codifying the Vector | WA palette, three-voice typography (Playfair Display / Karla / DM Mono), and public-to-team tier distinctions.
Apr 2026
Trajectory engine
Calibrated scoring model trained on 8,062 bills across three biennia. Locked for the full 2027 session — no mid-session adjustments.
Q1 2026
Watchlist + tags + alerts
Personal bill queue with custom tags and email alert subscriptions. The registered-user core.
Q1 2026
Daily data pipeline
Nightly GitHub Actions sync pulling bill status, roll-call votes, and committee assignments from the WA Legislature WSL API.
Apr 2026
Email notifications + weekly digest
Watchlist alert emails and a weekly digest summarizing movement on tracked bills, delivered via Resend.
Apr 2026
PDF Brief (single + multi-bill)
Briefing documents for registered and team users. Legislative context in a shareable, printable format — one bill or an entire watchlist.
Jan 2026
~3,400 bills tracked across 3 biennia
All bills from the 2021-22, 2023-24, and 2025-26 Washington State legislative sessions — searchable and scored.
6 coming
Dec 2026 – Jan 2027
Interim → session auto-swap verification
Validation pass confirming the biennium-aware session switch fires correctly when the 2027 long session opens on January 13.
by Jan 11, 2027
Calibration locked for full 2027 session
Trajectory scoring cohort frozen before the first floor votes of the 2027 session. The model runs the full session without mid-session tuning.
Jan 11 – Apr 25, 2027
2027 long session (soft launch with current access list)
Live tracking through the full 2027 session. The scoring model runs against a new cohort for the first time since the 2023-24 calibration.
Q2 2027
Calibration revalidated against 2027 cohort
Post-session accuracy review. The 2027 cohort provides an out-of-sample validation of the trajectory model before the public launch.
Aug 1, 2027
Public app launch — anonymous browse, free for everyone
Anonymous browse opens to everyone. No account required. All bill data, search, and trajectory scores become free and public.
Late 2027 / 2028
Collaborative teams (multi-user notes + shared briefs)
Groups tracking the same bill portfolio can annotate and collaborate in a shared workspace with multi-user notes and team briefing documents.
About these dates
Quarter-grain targets reflect the project's actual planning horizon, not marketing commitments. The one exception is the August 1, 2027 public launch — a specific date that is publicly committed. For the scoring model and how trajectory estimates are built, see the methodology page.