Talk:National Conference of State Legislatures
Latest comment: 9 months ago by Tangurena in topic Classification as a NGO
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Added 2008-09 Staff Chair
editI added the staff chair's name for 2008-09. Legislative groupie (talk) 19:12, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
Proposed merge of American Society of Legislative Clerks and Secretaries into National Conference of State Legislatures
editHas been part of the other organization for 45 years. They share the same website. Not notable on its own merits Rogermx (talk) 22:54, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Merge completed Klbrain (talk) 13:33, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
Classification as a NGO
editWould it not be more accurate to refer to this as a professional association? It is comprised solely of SITTING state legislators. JohnWarosa (talk) 00:30, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- NCSL is more of a trade/professional association, not just for legislators, but mostly legislative staff. For example, the National Association of Legislative Information Technology is the part of NCSL dedicated to IT staff working for legislatures. NALIT has an independent convention each year (NCSL 2025 in Boston, NALIT 2025 in Juneau). Some states have a single (non-partisan) IT staff for the whole legislative body (senate & representatives) while some states have separate partisan staff for each party for each body (for example: Senate Republican IT staff and Representative Democratic IT staff). Some legislatures have developed all of their software internally, some have bought third party systems. Tangurena (talk) 16:03, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
Who funds NCSL?
editIt's important to know who pays for this in order to evaluate what it is doing and compare that to its stated mission. This information helps us understand NCSL's impact and possible internal biases. 170.85.133.106 (talk) 16:08, 21 July 2025 (UTC)