For Lobbyists, Lobbying Firms And Government Affairs Teams
Spend Your Week Advocating, Not Searching Agendas
Sandstone watches the Nevada Legislature and state and local government agendas for you, tags every BDR, bill and agenda item to the client or business unit it affects, alerts you when hearings change, and produces client-ready reports in your firm's format.
Who It Is For
Built For The Way Nevada Advocacy Actually Works
Whether you represent one client or forty, or you are the government affairs lead for a single company, Sandstone keeps every issue, hearing and report in one place.
Contract Lobbyists
Cover More Clients Without More Hours
- Every client's bills and agenda items in one list
- Hearing changes flagged before you walk into the building
- Client trackers ready to send in minutes
Lobbying And Law Firms
One Source Of Truth For The Whole Team
- Shared client tags, Hot Lists, notes and to-dos
- Hearing memos in your template and letterhead
- Private portals so clients see only their own work
Corporate Government Affairs
Know What Affects The Business, Early
- Track issues by business unit, property or program
- Agenda items screened by keyword and distance from your sites
- Board-ready reports for executives and outside counsel
Where The Hours Go
The Work Sandstone Takes Off Your Plate
The tasks below are what most teams still do by hand during the interim and the 120-day session.
Illustrative estimates only, not measured results. Actual time depends on the number of clients, the agencies you follow and session activity.
Tracking Capabilities
Everything You Track, In One Workspace
BDRs And Bills
The full BDR list and every bill from NELIS. When a BDR is introduced as a bill, its tags, priorities and notes carry over.
Client Tags And Hot Lists
Tag items with your own client codes, set Hot List priorities, and filter every page by client.
Hearing Alerts And Calendar
Know when a tracked bill is scheduled, added, removed or moved, with every hearing on one committee calendar.
Weekly Agenda Monitoring
State, regional and local agendas screened by keyword and property radius, with clear status for every body.
Personalized Legislative Trackers
Client-ready PDF and Excel trackers showing each tagged bill, position, status and upcoming hearings.
Hearing Memos
Summaries in your firm's template and letterhead, exported to Word and shared to the right portal.
Vote Tracker And Key Vote Lists
Whip counts by chamber or committee, and key vote lists for each client exported to Excel.
Elected Officials And District Lookup
State and local officials with districts, committees and contacts, plus district lookup by address.
Campaigns And Elections
Contribution budgets by client and race, voter guides, and election results from the Secretary of State.
Your Firm's Name On Everything
Set Up To Work The Way Your Firm Already Works
Every firm has its own memo template, client codes and report style. Sandstone is configured to match before your first session.
- Your own address. Your team signs in at sandstonelege.com/yourfirm.
- Your logo on downloads. Trackers, election results, voter guides, key vote lists and memos carry your firm logo and letterhead.
- Client tag import. Upload your existing tag list from Excel and review every match before it is saved.
- Requests to Sandstone. Send memo templates, agency websites to monitor and report changes from inside your workspace and track each request to completion.
The Weekly Rhythm
Agendas Checked Thursday And Friday Mornings
Most agencies post the next week's agendas by Thursday or Friday. Sandstone checks each source website both mornings before 8:00 a.m. Pacific, adds new meetings to your calendar, and records whether each body has no meeting scheduled, no agenda posted yet, or no items of interest, so nothing is missed and nothing is guessed.
Control And Privacy
Your Firm Decides Who Sees What
Users And Roles
Firm admins add users, choose admin or lobbyist roles, send password resets and turn logins off in one place.
Private Client Portals
Each client signs in to see only their own bills, hearings, memos and reports. Your internal notes and counts stay internal. Portal logins do not use seats.
Separate Data For Every Firm
Each firm has its own workspace and database. No other firm can see your clients, notes, tags or counts.
Membership
Plans For Every Size Of Practice
Monthly membership per firm. Unlimited clients and client portals on every plan. Client portal logins do not count as seats.
See It With Your Own Clients In Mind
Tell us about your firm or team and we will walk you through Sandstone using sample data, then set up your workspace in your format before the session begins.