# Capitol Track Alternative for California | USLege > Capitol Track tracks California bills. USLege adds live hearing video, full transcripts, and AI search for California, and scales to all 50 states plus federal. Canonical: https://www.uslege.ai/switch-from-capitoltrack --- USLege vs Capitol Track # USLege tracks what Capitol Track _leaves out_ Capitol Track tracks California bills. USLege adds the hearing video, the full transcripts, and AI search across all of it. ✓ Live California hearing video ✓ Full committee transcripts ✓ 50 states + federal when you want it **Switching to USLege takes about 30 minutes.** Our AI merges your data in, even 15 years of tracked bills, and we buy out whatever's left on your contract. You never start from zero, and you never pay two vendors at once. [See the contract buyout →](/contract-buyout/) [Book the 3-Minute Demo](/demo) [Ask about the contract buyout](/contract-buyout/) The real difference ## It's not the states. _It's the bills._ Capitol Track is a capable California bill tracker, keyword search, status lines, three separate California products from Wavelength Automation, tracking California legislation since 1993. But it stops at the bill. It doesn't hand you the committee hearing video, the full transcript of what was actually said, or AI search across all of it. Plenty of state-by-state tools track bills. USLege does the rest, for California first: live hearing video, full committee transcripts, and AI search across bills, votes, statutes, and video. And when you outgrow one state, you add the other 49 plus federal in the same account, instead of buying and stitching together a stack of different subscriptions. A different capability set ## Bill tracking, _and what comes after it_ Bill tracking tells you where a bill sits: keyword search, Boolean search, a status line. Hearing video, full committee transcripts, and AI-native search across everything are a separate layer on top of that. Capitol Track's published materials do not list hearing video, full committee transcripts, or AI-native search among its features. USLege provides all three. AI-native since 2023, the largest government archive in the world, video included, live hearing transcripts as committees meet, shipping constantly. California work gets that same archive-backed depth, plus the other 49 states and Congress, in the same account. Side by side ## Where USLege and Capitol Track differ Capability USLege Capitol Track California bill tracking Yes, with AI search built in Yes, its core product Live, searchable California hearing video Yes, tied to the archive Not listed among published features Full committee hearing transcripts Yes, what was actually said Not listed among published features AI-native search across bills, votes, statutes, transcripts, and video Yes Not listed among published features Government document and video archive Largest in the world Not listed among published features Put the dataset inside the AI you already use Yes Not listed among published features Add more than California All 50 states plus federal, one account California only, separate products for bills, budget, and fundraising Pricing model Flat rate, published, no per-bill caps Tiered by number of bills tracked, per published pricing page Contract buyout Yes, up to 8 months free Not listed among published features Still under contract? ## We'll do the _buyout_. - Full access to USLege today - Pay nothing until your Capitol Track contract ends, up to 8 months free - Never pay two vendors at once [See the contract buyout](/contract-buyout/) What switching looks like ## White-glove migration. _You watch, we work._ ### We move your tracked bills and keywords. Send a spreadsheet. We rebuild your tracking inside USLege before your first training session. ### Run both during the transition if you want. No penalty for a careful switch. Compare side by side on your real bill list. ### Unlimited training. For your whole team, for as long as you're a customer, at no extra cost. For teams used to a familiar tool ## Worried about learning something new? _You don't have to._ ✳ ### AI-native, not a new interface to learn You don't learn a new system, you just ask: "What happened in the Senate hearing this morning?" ◆ ### Support that builds, not just answers You get your own AI account manager to help build agents for you. ∞ ### Unlimited training for the whole team New hires included, for as long as you're a customer, at no extra cost. Beyond bill tracking ## Not a bill tracker. A _government affairs suite_. Legislative hearing intelligence, bill tracking, and a full suite for 19 distinct ICPs. Where we come from ## We started _in the states_ Each state is its own country. California is one of the largest, most complex legislatures in the country. USLege founder [Laura Davis](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurauslege/) built the platform to match that depth in California, then do it again in every other state, plus federal, in one account. Straight answers ## What switchers _ask first_ How does USLege's California coverage compare to Capitol Track's? + USLege was built to match that same archive-backed depth in California, then extend it to 49 more states and federal, in one account. Can I run both during the transition? + Yes. Keep Capitol Track running while you compare USLege side by side on your real bill list, then retire the old subscription once you're confident. Do my tracked bills migrate? + Yes. Send a spreadsheet of your tracked bills and keywords and we rebuild them inside USLege before your first training session. What if I'm still under contract with Capitol Track? + Ask about the contract buyout: full access to USLege today, pay nothing until your Capitol Track contract ends, up to 8 months free. You never pay two vendors at once. How long does setup take? + About 30 minutes of your time. One setup call gets your dashboards, alerts, and team accounts live. See it in action ## See what the _platform_ does Platform overview Not quite your seat? [Government Agencies](/for/government-agencies) [Associations](/for/associations) [Local Government](/for/local-government) [Compare Every Tool](/vs) When you're ready ## See the difference on _your_ bills Book the 3-Minute Demo and we'll run your real California bill list through live hearings, transcripts, and AI search. If you're still under contract, ask about the [contract buyout](/contract-buyout/). [Book the 3-Minute Demo](/demo) [Ask about the contract buyout](/contract-buyout/)