Policy Research & Analysis

Clear, actionable insights for complex decisions.

Effective policy begins with clarity. We help clients cut through complexity with focused research that identifies the problem, maps the landscape, and highlights viable policy pathways.

Our analysis blends statutory review, best-practice research, stakeholder mapping, and real-world implementation considerations. The result is a clear, coherent foundation for strategic decision-making.

What this includes:

• Comparative policy scans and statutory analysis

• Regulatory and rulemaking landscape reviews

• Policy feasibility assessments

• Data synthesis and impact summaries

• Clear options memos for decision-makers

Client outcomes:

• Stronger strategy, clearer direction, and evidence-based confidence.

Bill Drafting & Policy Development

Transforming ideas into legally sound, implementation-ready legislation.

Good ideas need strong legal architecture. We translate client goals into precise, enforceable bill language designed to withstand legislative scrutiny and minimize unintended consequences.

Our drafting approach integrates legal clarity, implementation planning, and political viability, ensuring your bill is understandable to legislative staff, interpretable by agencies, and defensible during debate.

What this includes:

• Full bill drafts and amendment packets

• Concept-to-language conversion

• Statutory crosswalks and compliance mapping

• Fiscal note alignment and impact considerations

• Technical review in collaboration with legislative drafting offices

Client outcomes:

• Stronger bills, fewer surprises, and a clearer path to passage.

Guiding policy through the Capitol from first outreach to final vote.

Passing legislation requires relationships, timing, and strategic execution. We help clients navigate the legislative process with a clear plan for building support and overcoming obstacles.

Our approach blends sponsor identification, coalition alignment, persuasive communication, and real-time strategy adjustments during session.

What this includes:

• Sponsor & co-sponsor recruitment

• Committee preparation and testimony support

• Vote-mapping and persuasion sequencing

• Strategy memos and legislative briefings

• Direct advocacy and stakeholder engagement

Client outcomes:

A disciplined, credible path to advancing your legislation.

Legislative Strategy & Advocacy

Ensuring good laws translate into effective outcomes.

Passing a bill is only the beginning. Agencies need guidance, stakeholders need clarity, and early-stage implementation decisions will shape how a policy works for years.

We support clients through rulemaking, rollout, and inter-agency coordination to ensure policy goals are carried forward with integrity and precision.

What this includes:

• Sponsor & co-sponsor recruitment

• Committee preparation and testimony support

• Vote-mapping and persuasion sequencing

• Strategy memos and legislative briefings

• Direct advocacy and stakeholder engagement

Client outcomes:

• A disciplined, credible path to advancing your legislation.

Implementation Guidance & Regulatory Follow-Through

Funding Strategy & Public Finance Alignment

Ensuring good policy is financially viable and fundable.

Strong policy requires strong financial footing. We help clients identify funding pathways, assess fiscal impacts, and align proposals with state and federal funding opportunities.

Whether you are pursuing appropriations, grants, cost-sharing models, or cross-agency investment strategies, we bring clarity and structure to the financial side of policy work.

What this includes:

• Public finance landscape analysis

• Appropriations and budget strategy

• Grant and funding alignment

• Fiscal note awareness and feasibility guidance

• Cost-modeling considerations

Client outcomes:

Policies supported by realistic, sustainable, and persuasive funding strategies.

WHY NPG

Mission-Driven. Evidence-Based. Strategically Executed.

Norris Policy Group is built on a simple belief:
Good policy should be clear, effective, and firmly rooted in the public interest.

We help mission-driven leaders turn strong ideas into strong laws with strategy, precision, and purpose.

Our approach blends:

Deep subject-matter expertise

Environmental protection, climate resilience, clean energy, housing, land use, and community development.

Real-world planning and implementation experience

Grounded in years of public-sector work across infrastructure, disaster recovery, and public finance.

High-level legislative strategy & government relations

Sponsor recruitment, advocacy planning, amendment negotiation, and committee navigation.

Clear communication that bridges stakeholders and decision-makers

We translate complex issues into compelling, actionable arguments that move policy forward.

Ethical advocacy rooted in fairness and long-term impact

Public-interest outcomes, sustainability, and community benefit guide everything we do.

We don’t just draft ideas.

We build the legislative strategy that turns them into durable, effective law.