Determining if the Bill Text Needs to be Constructed
It's more common for an updated bill text to be unavailable if the vote failed, because some states will only engross the text if the bill passed. There are some states that won't update the bill text until it is ready to be enrolled and sent to the Governor. The following states are most likely to present problems with finding updated bill texts:
Of course, the possibility of constructing bill texts is not limited exclusively to these states. Simply put, if you are at all uncertain that the correct version of a bill text is available, carefully examine the text to determine if one needs to be constructed.
