[Lords] Recording outcomes (incl. republishing on the website)

After debate, the outcomes need to be recorded against each amendment. It’s possible to do this via a temporary list or by editing the latest Marshalled List. The process for recording the outcomes is the same for both approaches. Once you have recorded outcomes, you will need to republish the amendments in order for the website to reflect the changes.

TIME SAVING TIP

If there are a lot of amendments in the list in the Editor, it is sometimes faster to open the document up in XML view so that locks are acquired on all the amendments in a list which saves a little time when updating them individually. To do this:

1. Select Document > Edit in XML

2. When the XML view appears (sometimes it can take a few seconds), click on the button in the top banner that says “Switch to Author Mode”

When the list of amendments appears again, you will see locks (pencil icons) appear against each amendment in the Structure View indicating you have locks on all these amendments. You can carry on with the steps below to record outcomes.

How to record outcomes

Option 1: recording outcomes using a marshalled list

1. Open the latest marshalled list

2. Update the amendments with outcomes (see https://lawmaker.atlassian.net/l/cp/6BSrRjw0 )

3. Save and close the Editor

Option 2: recording outcomes using a temporary list

1. From the Amendment Manager, select the amendments you want to record outcomes against

2. Select Amendment Actions > Create temporary list

3. Update the amendments with outcomes (see https://lawmaker.atlassian.net/l/cp/6BSrRjw0 )

4. When complete, save and close the Editor

How to re-publish updated amendments

Option 1: publishing via the PDF snapshot

1. From the Official List tab, find your updated green Marshalled List and select Actions > Generate PDF

2. Expand the same green Marshalled List view to view the snapshot versions below it

3. 

4. Find your recently created PDF snapshot and select Actions > Publish version

5. Click Publish on the publish warning message

Option 2: publishing via the Amendment Manager

1. From the Amendment Manager tab, find the amendments you just updated with outcomes

2. Select them all using the check boxes

3. Select Amendment Actions > Publish selected amendments from the dropdown menu in the top right of the page

4. Expand the same green Marshalled List view to view the snapshot versions below it

5. Click Publish on the publish warning message

Ensure you have schedule an update in LegHub before you go home. This can be done at any time during the day in LegHub, even before you have republished the updated amendments - along as the scheduled update time is late enough to run after you have finished making your changes.

• Use keyboard shortcut Alt + K to move down or Alt + H to move back up the list of amendments

• Use the filters on the ‘Amendment Manager’ tab to help you find the amendments that need updating/republishing

• The green Marshalled List, when opened in the Editor, will always show the latest version of the amendments. Which means, if an amendment without an outcome has changed since it was first published in a Marshalled List, republishing the Marshalled List using option 1 above will mean the current version of the amendment is published. You will not accidentally revert a changed amendment back to it’s previous state by publishing the whole amendment list using option 1.