# USLege vs Telicon | Legacy Tracking, Modernized > Telicon and the Texas Legislative Service are the same company. USLege covers all 50 states plus federal and Puerto Rico, with live hearing video and AI search. Canonical: https://www.uslege.ai/switch-from-telicon --- You didn't choose Telicon. You never left. # Switching off Telicon? _It's easier than you think._ This is what USLege does that Telicon does not. You export the reports and reformat them so they look presentable. You have learned every quirk by heart. That is not loyalty, it is muscle memory. USLege gives you all fifty states plus federal and Puerto Rico, choose exactly the footprint you need, live searchable hearing video, live alerts so you never miss a moment, and briefings that draft themselves, so what you actually get back is your time. Telicon and the Texas Legislative Service are the same company, in Texas. StateWatch in New York and LegisOK in Oklahoma are related legacy tracking services. Whichever one is on your invoice, this page is for you. ✓ Live alerts, never miss a moment ✓ Largest transcribed government video archive in the world ✓ AI native ✓ Transparent pricing **Switching to USLege takes about 30 minutes.** Worried about your data merging? Our AI merges it in, even 15 years and 20,000 tracked bills, in about 10 minutes, and we buy out whatever's left on your Telicon 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/) Three names, one footprint ## Tools you might recognize, _state by state._ TexasTexas Legislative Service / TELICON New YorkStateWatch OklahomaLegisOK Texas Legislative Service traces to 1924. Telicon and the Texas Legislative Service are the same company, operating in Texas. StateWatch in New York and LegisOK in Oklahoma are related legacy tracking services; we have not independently confirmed shared corporate ownership for those two. Whichever one is on your invoice, this page is for you. Between them, that's three states. USLege covers all 50, plus Congress, Puerto Rico, local government, and agency rulemaking, reached within three years of founding, and connects directly to each legislature rather than pulling from someone else's feed. One system, direct connections ## No matter what state, _it's the same product._ USLege connects directly to each individual legislature, all 50 states plus federal and Puerto Rico from day one, aggregates it ourselves, and layers on our own media monitoring and independent AI-generated news for customers. You don't switch software or relearn a system state to state, and unlike a single-state legacy product, you choose exactly the footprint you need: one state, a handful, all fifty, federal only, or any combination, all in one account, all in one place to search across. For teams used to a familiar tool ## Worried about learning something new? _You don't have to._ AI-native means you just ask, out loud or typed: "What happened in the Senate hearing this morning?" No manuals, no retraining. Your own AI account manager helps build agents for you, and training is unlimited for the whole team, new hires included. The learning curve you're picturing belonged to the old way. It's gone. A century in the making ## One hundred years. _One state._ Texas Legislative Service, which operates under the Telicon name, was founded in 1924 and serves Texas today. Related legacy tracking tools, StateWatch in New York and LegisOK in Oklahoma, serve their own states. USLege launched in 2023, has been AI-native since, and connects directly to all 50 states plus federal and Puerto Rico. If your team needs that broader footprint, USLege is built for it. We heard you ## We already know what you'd miss. _We're building it._ We talk to people switching off Telicon every week, and the story isn't "Telicon is bad." People who've used it for years like specific things about it, and we'd rather tell the truth than pretend otherwise. We listen to you. You get a dedicated account manager, a real person, not a ticket queue; we haven't found a public account-manager offering from Telicon. When a customer tells us what they want, we build it. We don't stop, ever, constant development since 2023, listening to the partners actually using the platform. The upgrade ## Everything you track today, _plus the rest of the country_ ⚡ ### Live alerts. Never miss a moment. The instant a bill moves or a hearing opens, you know, not the next morning. ▶ ### Live searchable hearing video Across the vast majority of states, clip it before the gavel falls. ≡ ### Full committee transcripts All 50 states plus Congress, searchable and quotable. ✳ ### AI-native search since 2023 Across bills, statutes, registers, lobbyist data, votes, transcripts, and video. ⌘ ### Put USLege inside Claude or ChatGPT The dataset goes wherever your team already works. $ ### Transparent pricing Published, and the same answer every time you ask. Where we come from ## We both started in Texas. _One of us stayed there._ Telicon's story starts in Austin in 1924, as the Texas Legislative Service. Ours does too, in a sense, our founder [Laura Davis](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurauslege/) built USLege in the state capitols. A century later, Telicon still serves Texas, alongside related legacy tracking tools in New York (StateWatch) and Oklahoma (LegisOK). Three years after USLege started, we connect directly to all 50 states plus Congress, Puerto Rico, and local. Migration and buyout ## White-glove migration. _You watch, we work._ ### About 30 minutes of your time to start. Send your bill lists and keywords; our AI merges years of tracked bills in, even 20,000 bills, in about 10 minutes. ### Your own AI account manager, from day one. Unlimited training for the whole team. ### No lock-in, in either direction. Migration onto USLege is easy, and migration off is too. Still under contract? ## We'll do the _buyout_. - Full access to USLege today - Pay nothing until your Telicon, StateWatch, or LegisOK contract ends, up to 8 months free - Never pay two vendors at once [See the contract buyout](/contract-buyout/) Side by side ## Where USLege and Telicon differ Capability USLege Telicon Coverage All 50 states plus federal, Puerto Rico, and local; choose exactly the footprint you need Texas (Telicon/Texas Legislative Service); related tools cover New York and Oklahoma Data connection Direct connection to each individual legislature Not publicly disclosed Transcripts and video Live, all 50 states plus Congress Not publicly disclosed Government archive Largest in the world Not disclosed AI-native search Since 2023 Not documented prior to 2026 Pricing Published and transparent, so you can see the price before you buy Contact for a quote Alerts Live alerts the moment a bill moves or a hearing opens Not publicly detailed Support Dedicated account manager, a real person, unlimited training Not publicly detailed Category 19 ICPs, full government affairs suite Single-category bill tracking Company age and footprint Founded 2023, all 50 states Texas Legislative Service founded 1924, serving Texas; related tools serve New York and Oklahoma Teams who made the move > "A monumental shift from the stagnant technologies we have been using for years." Gavin Massingill · Lobbyist [🏆 2026 Lobby Legend](/best-in-government-affairs/texas/most-powerful-lobbyists) Straight answers ## What switchers _ask first_ Are Telicon, StateWatch, and LegisOK the same company? + Telicon and the Texas Legislative Service are confirmed to be the same company, operating in Texas. StateWatch (New York) and LegisOK (Oklahoma) are related legacy tracking services; we have not independently confirmed shared corporate ownership for those two. How long does migration take? + Switching to USLege takes about 30 minutes. Our AI merges your data in, even 15 years and 20,000 tracked bills, in about 10 minutes, and one setup call gets your dashboards, alerts, and team accounts live. What happens to my tracked bills? + They come with you. We move your bill lists, keywords, and saved searches as part of migration, included with every plan. What if I'm mid-contract with Telicon, StateWatch, or LegisOK? + Ask about the contract buyout: full access to USLege today, pay nothing until your current contract ends, up to 8 months free. You never pay two vendors at once. Will I have to relearn everything? + No. USLege is AI-native, so you ask plain-language questions instead of learning a new interface, plus your own AI account manager and unlimited training for the whole team. Can I leave easily if I ever want to? + Yes. Migration works both directions. Export your data and cancel without a phone call. See it in action ## See what the _platform_ does Platform overview Not quite your seat? [Associations](/for/associations) [Trade Associations](/for/trade-associations) [Government Agencies](/for/government-agencies) [Compare Every Tool](/vs) Start today ## A hundred years of the same thing. _Time for what comes next._ If you're mid-contract with Telicon, StateWatch, or LegisOK, ask us about the [contract buyout](/contract-buyout/). Then book the 3-Minute Demo and we'll run your actual issues through live hearings and tracked bills, Texas included. [Book the 3-Minute Demo](/demo) [Ask about the contract buyout](/contract-buyout/)