What "policy outcome" means here

A bill that appears on this page has been independently flagged by two distinct detectors. That doesn't prove the legislator was bought; it proves the conditions under which good-faith policy debate is hardest to distinguish from money-driven outcome are documented in the public record. Per our verification policy, every row is a research lead — click into the bill page for the full evidence chain on each finding, plus the corrections form.

Detector definitions

  • Quid-pro-quo signature — for a (lobbyist L, candidate R, client C, bill B) tuple, all four conditions hold simultaneously: R's campaign paid L; L is registered to represent C; C contributed to R; R sponsored or voted-Yea on B (with bonus weight if C testified Support on B).
  • Recusal failure — legislator voted on matter despite a documented business or contribution relationship with the affected party (NRS 281A.420).

What's NOT here yet

  • D6 temporal-cluster bindings (currently only 1 chain meets the ±90-day window — see /anomalies/).
  • Federal bill outcomes — pending FEC import + per-Congress vote scrape.
  • Bill amendments and committee-level votes — pending NELIS Action / Sponsors data.