This explanatory statement provides one of the best sources of legislative history on the bill.

The wording of an explanatory statement that will appear on the ballot must be approved by the attorney general and printed in newspapers.

Earmarks may appear in either the legislative text or report language (committee reports accompanying reported bills and joint explanatory statement accompanying a conference report).

And the conference report also includes a joint explanatory statement of the conference committee.

However, they do not permit reference to other explanatory statements or speeches.