Built for the Massachusetts policy workload
Massachusetts ranks second in the country for bill volume (16,670 bills in the 2023-24 session, per MultiState) and tops the country in compliance pain. The Secretary of the Commonwealth charges $1,000 per principal plus $100 per agent, semi-annual reporting is mandatory, and the effective rate (bills enacted) is roughly 0.1%. That combination produces a tracking workload that legacy tools cannot keep up with and a noise-to-signal ratio that punishes manual review.
Apogee gives Massachusetts policy teams a working policy workspace driven by chat. Ask about a bill, a committee, a staffer, or a lobbying client and get a researched answer with citations across federal and state sources in seconds.
What is in for Massachusetts
| Source | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Court | Live bills, sponsorships, committee assignments, history (via Open States v3) |
| MA legislative staff | Searchable directory: names, titles, contact information, and social media, refreshed weekly (part of the 50-state and DC staff coverage, for authenticated users) |
| Lobbyist Public Search | Registered agents, principals, compensation bands (via SEC of the Commonwealth) |
| State hearings | Schedules and witness lists where published |
| Federal layer | Bills, hearings, CRS, GAO, CBO, federal lobbying disclosure - the federal context behind every state issue |
Coverage is read-through to primary sources. Every answer cites the underlying record so you can verify, quote, or attach it to a client memo without leaving the chat.
Who this is for
Apogee Massachusetts is built for the policy shops that legacy enterprise tools price out:
- Solo and small-team state lobbyists, especially those serving 3-10 nonprofit clients
- Nonprofit advocacy teams doing their own state-and-federal tracking
- Single-issue policy shops covering Massachusetts plus the federal layer above it
- Government-affairs leads at trade associations and foundations who need briefings, not dashboards
If your work looks like InstaTrac plus a manual federal layer plus a separate AI tool, Apogee replaces all three.
How the workflow looks
- Ask a question in chat ("what moved on H.1234 last week", "who lobbied for MassHealth in Q2", "draft a witness-prep memo for tomorrow's Public Health hearing").
- Get a researched answer with citations across federal and state sources in seconds.
- Save the conversation as a folio if you want briefings, deltas, and drafts on that subject going forward.
No dashboards to configure. No saved searches to maintain. No bill-tracker spreadsheet to keep in sync.
How Apogee compares for Massachusetts work
| Apogee | InstaTrac | Plural Policy | Quorum | MAPLE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts bills | Yes, live | Yes, primary use case | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Federal layer | Yes, deep (CRS, GAO, CBO, federal lobby) | No | Yes, growing | Yes | No |
| AI-native chat | Yes | No | No | Limited | No |
| Self-serve signup | Yes | No | Demo request | Sales call | Yes (free) |
| Pricing on website | Yes | No | No | No | Free, non-commercial |
| Ownership / stability | Independent | Long-standing | Acquired by SAI360, Dec 2025, pivoting to enterprise GRC | Public company | Volunteer NGO |
Different jobs, different tools. If you want a static bill list, InstaTrac and MAPLE both work. If you want a working policy workspace that drafts memos, tracks deltas, and synthesizes across state and federal sources in seconds, that is what Apogee is for.
Frequently asked
Is Massachusetts data live or batch? Open States v3 refreshes daily; we run a weekly full restore on top of that for reconciliation. Lobbying disclosure refreshes as the SEC of the Commonwealth publishes.
Do you have hearing transcripts? Schedules and witness lists where published; transcripts are not consistently published for MA state hearings, so we surface what is available rather than imply coverage we do not have.
Can I integrate with my existing AI tool? Yes. Apogee is MCP-native and works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot. You can also use the Apogee web chat directly.