CivicBeacon

CivicBeacon LLC

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About this app

DISCLAIMER: CivicBeacon is independently developed by CivicBeacon LLC. It is NOT affiliated with, endorsed by, or representative of any government entity. CivicBeacon does not provide government services. All
information displayed in this app is sourced from publicly available government records and open-source civic data projects listed below.

CivicBeacon makes civic engagement simple and accessible. Stay up to date with U.S. House and Senate bills, explore legislation from Congress sessions 116 through 119, track Supreme Court cases, and find out
exactly who represents you at the federal, state, and local levels. Whether you're a first-time voter, an engaged citizen, or just curious about how government works, CivicBeacon empowers you with personalized
updates, clear summaries, and smart search tools -- all in one easy-to-use app.

Key Features:
- Bill Search & Filters -- Quickly find and explore U.S. legislation by keyword, bill number, or category
- Congress Sessions 116-119 -- Browse bills across multiple sessions with full summaries and updates
- Supreme Court Tracking -- Follow cases from cert to decision with justice profiles and opinions
- Local Relevance -- Discover bills that impact your specific district or state
- My Representatives -- Instantly view your House and Senate reps, with access to their sponsored bills and activity
- Non-Partisan & Data-Driven -- Built for clarity and transparency -- no editorializing, just the facts

Government Data Sources:
- U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo.gov) -- bulk data for bills, public laws, and Federal Register documents
- Congress.gov API (api.congress.gov) -- Congressional Research Service reports and legislative data
- U.S. Federal Register (federalregister.gov) -- executive orders and presidential documents
- Federal Election Commission (fec.gov) -- campaign finance and candidate data
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Web -- congressional district boundaries
- Google Civic Information API -- polling places, voter registration, and election data

Non-Government Open Data Sources:
- congress-legislators open-source project (github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators) -- public legislator data
- CourtListener by Free Law Project (courtlistener.com) -- Supreme Court case data
- Oyez by Cornell Legal Information Institute (oyez.org) -- Supreme Court case enrichment
- Vote Smart (justfacts.votesmart.org) -- candidate biographies, voting records, and ratings
- Ballotpedia (ballotpedia.org) -- candidate research and ballot measures

News Sources:
Political news aggregated from RSS feeds: The New York Times (Politics), The Guardian (US Politics), NPR, BBC News, PBS NewsHour, Wall Street Journal, and Roll Call.

DISCLAIMER: CivicBeacon is a privately developed civic technology application by CivicBeacon LLC. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by any government entity. This app does not provide or
facilitate government services. All data is sourced from publicly available records and the open-source projects listed above.

Ratings and reviews

App doesn't do its job. Overlooks bills, has multiple duplicates, sometimes shows me stuff that is completely irrelevant (e.g. wrong districts), and often is just blank. Gets an extra star purely because it's a good idea, but the implementation is godawful.

Doesn't work. Tried to set it up and it had me enter my email, then asked for my name and zip code, then asks for interests but no matter what you select it just said "An error occured" then went back to it's main screen. closed, rebooted, changed networks, tried 3-4 times but it doesn't work.

does everything it says. very well organized and easy to navigate. I would like an option to see both senate and house bills at the same time so I can cross reference them better. it would also be nice if dates were more visible before looking at details.

What’s new

Civic Beacon is now completely free. This update removes all ads and every leftover paywall: news, PDF export, notification settings, and more.

• Cleaner bill cards, several bills per screen
• Redesigned bill, law, and executive order pages
• Community poll now front and center on bills
• Reps tab opens to Your Representatives
• Fixed duplicate timeline entries and blank names
• Fewer popups at launch