When we think of budgets, we know they’re supposed to be limited to appropriations. But in Massachusetts, we also know that’s not always the case. Budget season has arrived in the Commonwealth - and with it, thousands of amendments will be coming down the pipeline. MassTrac makes it easy to dig through earmarks, outside section changes, and even General and Session Law changes proposed through the budget process.

With T2T, every word spoken at legislative committee hearings and floor debates is instantly turned into searchable text. Want to know if a word important to you was mentioned in a five-hour hearing? Search for it, see every occurrence in context, click on the one you want and - Voila! - you are taken to that precise moment in the video.

You can now compare the text of any two bills, from any two-year legislative cycle. Changes are highlighted for you: what was added to the original bill is in green; what was deleted is in red.