# Council of State Governments A nonpartisan association of the states, founded in 1933, serving the legislative, executive and judicial branches through regional offices and national committees. It convenes state officials, publishes comparative data on state government, and maintains interstate compacts. It is also a significant source of model state legislation, which is why it appears alongside advocacy drafting shops in accounts of where state bill text originates. In the 2019 "Copy, Paste, Legislate" investigation, Mississippi alone had 744 bills traceable to model acts; 288 of them matched drafts from the Council and 255 matched drafts from [[ALEC]]. ## See also - [[How a State Legislature Makes Law]] - [[Model Legislation]]