Questionnaire ID
Country
Type of bill
Bill mentioned in Blanpain's Encyclopaedia?
ISN-CODE in Natlex
Did Government first test proposals
Was there a pre-parliamentary commission
Was the policy problem addressed by the bill mentioned
Was the matter mentioned in vague or in precise terms?
Date of submission of this declaration to parliament
Was a solution to the policy problem
If yes, how much attention was paid to the policy problem
Does the bill formulate a solution to the problem
Characters by page of official publication
Number of pages of this bill in the official publication
Number of pages of official publication
Number of legislative instruments
Number of articles/clauses:
Number of chapters/sub-headings:
Number of clauses (of previous bills) changed
Sum total of previous bills mentioned
Number of bills completely deleted
Is there a publication of bills by keywords available?
Number of keywords for this bill
Date of bill's formal introduction to plenary
In which House was the bill first introduced?
Official initiator of bill
Govt./Opposition status party1
Govt./Opposition status party2
Govt./Opposition status party3
Govt./Opposition status party4
Govt./Opposition status party5
Govt./Opposition status party6
Govt./Opposition status party7
Govt./Opposition status party8
Govt./Opposition status party9
Govt./Opposition status party10
Govt./Opposition status party11
Govt./Opposition status party12
Govt./Opposition status party13
Govt./Opposition status party14
Govt./Opposition status party15
Govt./Opposition status party16
Govt./Opposition status party17
Number govt MPs
Number non-govt MPs
Was there a plenary reading before committee stage?
Date of this reading
Was there a vote before committee stage?
Date of this vote
Was vote preceded by a debate?
Approximate result if vote was not recorded
Result of recorded vote (For)
Result of recorded vote (Against)
Result of recorded vote (Abstention)
Was bill taken in committee of the Whole House?
Number of committees to which bill was scheduled
Name of first committee
Name of second Committee
Date of beginning of committee stage
Date of end of committee stage
Was voting record accessible?
Number of seats in main committee party1
Number of seats in main committee party2
Number of seats in main committee party3
Number of seats in main committee party4
Number of seats in main committee party5
Number of seats in main committee party6
Number of seats in main committee party7
Number of seats in main committee party8
Number of seats in main committee party9
Number of seats in main committee party10
Number of seats in main committee party11
Number of seats in main committee party12
Number of seats in main committee party13
Number of seats in main committee party14
Number of seats in main committee party15
Number of seats in main committee party16
Number of seats in main committee party17
Did chair belong to govt or non-govt?
Did committee take a final vote on the bill?
Number of votes For (govt)
Number of votes For (non-govt)
Number of votes Against (govt)
Number of votes Against (non-govt)
Number of Abstentions (govt)
Number of Abstentions (non-govt)
Number of Absentees (govt)
Number of Absentees (non-govt)
Total number of votes For (addition)
Total number of votes Against (addition)
Total number of Abstentions (addition)
Total number of Absentees (addition)
If several committees, was their deliberation
Were subcommittees involved?
Number of subcommittees involved
Type(s) of subcommittees involved
Chair of subcommittee by party1
Chair of subcommittee by party2
Chair of subcommittee by party3
Chair of subcommittee by party4
Chair of subcommittee by party5
Chair of subcommittee by party6
Chair of subcommittee by party7
Chair of subcommittee by party8
Chair of subcommittee by party9
Chair of subcommittee by party10
Chair of subcommittee by party11
Chair of subcommittee by party12
Chair of subcommittee by party13
Chair of subcommittee by party14
Chair of subcommittee by party15
Chair of subcommittee by party16
Chair of subcommittee by party17
Was bill re-allocated to another committee?
Method of appointment of members of main committee
Begin of legislative term during deliberation of this bill
End of legislative term during deliberation of this bill
Number of regular committee members
Number of substitutions
Committee's total meeting time (in months)
Committee meeting time in hours (Sweden only)
Number of scrutinized bills
Amount of other business
Number of full-time staff members assigned to committee
Number of full-time staff members in parliament
Did committee hire professional agencies for research?
Did committee arrange hearings?
Number of hearings
Date of first hearing
Date of second hearing
Date of third hearing
Date of fourth hearing
Type of hearing(s)
Who testified at these hearings?
Which committee made the final report to the plenary?
Date of report to plenary
Who reported bill to plenary?
Govt./Opp. status of rapporteur (party1)
Govt./Opp. status of rapporteur (party2)
Govt./Opp. status of rapporteur (party3)
Govt./Opp. status of rapporteur (party4)
Govt./Opp. status of rapporteur (party5)
Govt./Opp. status of rapporteur (party6)
Govt./Opp. status of rapporteur (party7)
Govt./Opp. status of rapporteur (party8)
Govt./Opp. status of rapporteur (party9)
Govt./Opp. status of rapporteur (party10)
Govt./Opp. status of rapporteur (party11)
Govt./Opp. status of rapporteur (party12)
Govt./Opp. status of rapporteur (party13)
Were minority reports presented?
Govt./Oppositon status of parties filing minority reports
Was committee dissent (other than a minority report)
Govt./Opposition status of party1 airing committee dissent
Govt./Opposition status of party2 airing committee dissent
Govt./Opposition status of party3 airing committee dissent
Govt./Opposition status of party4 airing committee dissent
Govt./Opposition status of party5 airing committee dissent
Govt./Opposition status of party6 airing committee dissent
govt./Opposition status of party7 airing committee dissent
Govt./Opposition status of party8 airing committee dissent
Govt./Opposition status of party9 airing committee dissent
Govt./Opposition status of party10 airing committee dissent
Govt./Opposition status of party11 airing committee dissent
Govt./Opposition status of party12 airing committee dissent
Govt./Opposition status of party13 airing committee dissent
Govt./opposition status of party 14 airing committee dissent
Number of plenary readings after committee stage
Date of decisive reading
Date of reading which was only a formality
Date of a further reading which was only a formality
Duration of plenary debate of decisive reading (days)
Number of pages (Austria only)
Duration of plenary debate of decisive reading (hrs)
Efforts made by opposition to oppose bill's adoption
Did govt. invoke restrictive procedures
Did govt declare its intention to treat bill
Was the aforementioned reading the only decisive one?
Date of second decisive reading, if any
Duration of plenary debate (days)
Duration of plenary debate (hrs)
Efforts made by opposition to oppose bill's adaption
Did govt invoke restrictive procedures
Was there a final vote on the totality of the bill?
Date of vote
Result of recorded vote (Abstentions)
Number of votes on amendments
Was voting conducted clause by clause?
Were alternative bills voted on against each other?
Were packages of more than one bill put to vote?
Is there a synopsis on amendments suggested
Date of introduction into other chamber
Begin of committee stage in other chamber
End of committee stage in other chamber
Did chamber eventually accept bill as sent by other chamber?
Date of acceptance
Consequences when other chamber disagreed
Number of rounds of "navette"
Begin of negotiations in Conference Committee
End of negotiations in Conference Committee
Was an agreement reached in CC?
Overall fate of bill
Formal assent by head of state
Date of promulgation of bill
Challenge to bill in constitutional court?
Date of court decision
Ad hoc committees
Govt. agenda control in committees
Control of Plenary Agenda
Cabinet Type
Dummy coalition majority
Dummy single party majority
Dummy single party minority
Are candidate votes possible?
Allocation of committee chairs
Committee drafting
Bill a question of confidence
Conflict
Consociationalism
Corporatism
Efforts to delay adoption of bill
Electoral district magnitude
Effective number of parties in parliament
Fiefdom variable
Subsequent election
Was it a Govt bill?
Government imposition of restrictive rules
Initiation of legislation by committees
Distance (days) between v62 and v101
Maximum life of a bill
Committee minority reports
Number of permanent, specialised committees (lower house)
Number of parties in government (number of partisan veto players; Mueller/Strom)
Openness of committee meetings
Pure parliamentary system of govt.
Personal vote index
Ideological range of coalition
Restrictive procedures imposed on bill
Distance between next election and final vote
Committee stage in deliberation