State Legislative History Research Guides and State Legislatures on the Web

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State Legislature

Legislative Research Guides & Sources

Alabama

Alabama's Legislative Process
(Alabama Legislature Online)

Alaska

Guide to Alaska Legislative History Materials (Appendices)
(Alaska Legislature)

Arizona

Arizona Legislative History: A Research Guide
(Arizona State University, Ross-Blakely Law Library)

Arizona Legislative History: a Step-by-Step Research Guide
(The University of Arizona Law Library)

Web Resources for Legislators and Legislative Staff
(Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records:
Law and Research Library Division)


Arkansas

Arkansas Legislative History Research Guide
(SWALL Bulletin)

Arkansas State Library

California

California Legislative History HTML PDF
(Golden Gate University Law Library)

California Legislative History
(UCLA Law Library)

California Legislative History
(University of San Diego Legal Research Center)

California Legislative History Worksheet
(Loyola Law School William M. Raines Law Library)

Compiling a California Legislative History
(University of California Hastings Law Library)

Electronic Sources of California Legislative History
(University of California Berkeley Law Library at Boalt Hall)

Finding California Legislative History: Guide and Checklist
(University of San Francisco Law Library)

Guide to California Legislative History
(Los Angeles County Law Library)

A Guide to Finding California Legislative History
(University of California Berkeley Law Library at Boalt Hall)

How to Find Pending Legislation: California and Federal
(University of San Diego Legal Research Center)

Legislative History Clearinghouse

Research & Practice Guide: California Legislative History and Intent
(Legislative Research Incorporated)

Colorado

Colorado Legislative History
(University of Denver College of Law, Westminster Law Library)

Legislative Records
(Colorado State Archives)

Researching Colorado Statutes
(University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Kraemer Family Library)

Uncovering Colorado Legislative Law-making and Legislative Intent.
(Alvin Dong, Reference Librarian,
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Biddle Law Library.
Published in Colorado Libraries, v.25:3, Fall 1999.)

Connecticut

Connecticut Legislative History
(University of Connecticut School of Law Library)

Guide to Connecticut Legislative History
(Connecticut State Library)

How to Compile Connecticut Legislative Histories...
(State of Connecticut Judicial Branch)

Research Guide: Legislative History Connecticut
(University of Connecticut Homer Babbridge Library)

Delaware

Compiling a Delaware Legislative History
(Widener University School of Law Legal Information Center)

Florida

Documenting Florida Legislative Intent
(University of Central Florida Libraries)

Florida Legislative History Research
(University of Miami Law Library)

Guide to Florida Legislative History
(University of Florida, Legal Information Center)

Legislative Research at the Florida State Archives
(Bureau of Archives & Records Management)

Georgia

Locating Georgia Legislative Material
(College of Law at Georgia State University, Law Library)

Hawaii How to Research Constitutional, Legislative, and Statutory History in Hawaii
(Legislative Reference Bureau)

Idaho

Idaho Legislative History
(University of Idaho College of Law Library)

Illinois

How to Research an Illinois Legislative History
(Supreme Court of Illinois Library)

Illinois Legislative Histories
(University of Illinois at Chicago Libraries,
Government Documents Department)

Illinois Legislative History
(Washington University Law Library)

Illinois Legislative History
(University of Illinois College of Law Library)

Illinois Legislative History
(GODORT Handout Exchange —
University of Michigan, Documents Center)

Illinois Legislative History Sources
(Pritzker Legal Research Center, Northwestern University)

Legislation FAQs
(Illinois State Bar Association)

Researching Legislative History
(Legislative Reference Bureau, Illinois General Assembly)

Tracing Legislation in Illinois: A Guide to Selected Sources
(Lovejoy Library, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)

Indiana

Legislative Research: Where to Locate Indiana Legislative History Sources
(Indiana University - Bloomington, School of Law Library)

Locating State Legislative Histories
(Indiana University - Indianapolis, School of Law Library)

Policy Making in Indiana: Processes and Sources
(Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne, Walter E. Helmke Library)

Iowa
Kansas

Kansas Legislative Research
(Washburn University School of Law Library)

Kansas Statutory Interpretation
(The University of Kansas School of Law Library)

Kentucky

How do I find the legislative history of a Kentucky statute?
(University of Louisville
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Library)

Tracing Legislative History
(Kentucky Legislature)

Louisiana

Louisiana Legislative History
(Law Library of Louisiana)


Maine

Compiling a Maine Legislative History
(University of Maine School of Law)

Maine Legislative History
(Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library)


Maryland

Ghost Hunting: Searching for Maryland Legislative History
(Maryland State Law Library)


Massachusetts

How to Trace a Massachusetts Legislative History
(University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Legislative History: What? and Why?
(New England School of Law)

Massachusetts Legal Research--Legislative History
(Harvard Law School Library)

Massachusetts Legislative History
(State Library of Massachusetts)

Massachusetts Legislative History
(Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

Massachusetts Legislative History: Resources and Research Steps
(New England School of Law)


Michigan

Michigan Legislative Histories
(Wayne State University Arthur Neef Law Library)

Michigan Legislative Histories
(University of Michigan Documents Center)

Sources of Michigan Legislative History
(Michigan State University Libraries)

Sources of Michigan Legislative History
(Library of Michigan)

Sources of Michigan Legislative History
(from Michigan Manual 1999-2000)

(Michigan Legislature)


Minnesota

How to Use the Legislative Web Site to Research Legislative Issues
(Minnesota State Legislature)

Minnesota Legislative History Step-by-Step
(Minnesota State Legislature)


Mississippi

Internet Resources: Bibliography of Mississippi Law
(University of Mississippi Law Library)


Missouri

Guide to State Legal Materials for Missouri
Scroll down to: "Legislative History:"
(Saint Louis University Law Library)


Montana

How To Research a Montana Legislative History
(State Law Library of Montana)


Nebraska

How To Find Nebraska Legislative Histories
(Calvin T. Ryan Library, University of Nebraska)

Library Publications
This page links to several Nebraska Legislative History guides.
(Creighton University Law Library)


Nevada

Research Library
This page has links to legislative materials, as well as a pathfinder on
how to compile a Nevada legislative history.
(Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau Research Library)


New Hampshire
New Jersey

Legislative Histories
(New Jersey State Library — posts on the Web compiled legislative
histories, of all New Jersey laws of general and permanent nature that
are added to NJSA, from 1998.)

Pathfinder: NJ Legislative History Research
(Rutgers Law Library - Newark)


New Mexico
New York (General Assembly)

New York (Senate)

The Legislative History of a New York State Law
(The New York State Library)

Legislative Intent
(The New York State Library)

New York Legislative Service, Inc.
(Research Specialists on New York State and New York City Law and
Legislation)

New York State – Legislative History
(LLRX.com)

New York State Legislative History Materials
(Albany Law School Library, Union University,
see also Materials on the New York State Constitution
in the Schaffer Law Library.
)


North Carolina

Legislative History Research in North Carolina
(LLRX.com)


North Dakota
Ohio

A Guide to Legislative History in Ohio
(Ohio Legislative Service Commission)


Oklahoma

Library User Guide No.6a - State Legislative History
(Oklahoma City University School of Law Library)

Resources Regarding Oklahoma's Legislative Measures
(Oklahoma Department of Libraries)


Oregon

Oregon Legislative History
(Boley Law Library, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College)


Pennsylvania

Compiling a Pennsylvania Legislative History –
Making a Daunting Task Seem Easy

(Jenkins Memorial Law Library, Kristin McKeaney, Reference Librarian.
Published in 23 Pennsylvania Law Weekly 12, January 3, 2000)

How to Compile a Pennsylvania Legislative History
(Jenkins Memorial Law Library)


Rhode Island

Laws and Publications Relating to Legislative History
(University of Rhode Island Library)


South Carolina

South Carolina Legislature Online: Research
(South Carolina Legislature)


South Dakota

How to Compile Legislative History Using the Legislative Research Council Web Site
(South Dakota Legislature)


Tennessee

Tennessee Legislative Materials
(University of Tennessee Libraries)


Texas

Compiling Legislative History in Texas
(Texas Legislative Reference Library)

Texas Legislative History
(SMU Underwood Law Library)


Utah

Legislative Intent and Legislative History
(Utah State Archives and Records Service, Division of State Archives)

Online Sources of All States Legislative History
(Quinney Law Library, University of Utah)

State Legislative Research: Tips Using Utah as a Model
(Quinney Law Library, University of Utah)

Utah Legislative History
(Quinney Law Library, University of Utah)


Vermont

Legislative History – Variations on a Theme
(Paul Donovan, Law Librarian, Vermont Department of Libraries)

Vermont Legislative Research Shop
(The University of Vermont)


Virginia

Legislative History
(Virginia Division of Legislative Services, Legislative Reference Center)

Virginia Legal Research, Research Guide No. 15.
Section III discusses Virginia Legislative History
(University of Virginia Law Library)


Washington

Washington Legislative History
(The University of Washington Gallagher Law Library)


West Virginia
Wisconsin

Guide to Researching Wisconsin Legislation
(Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau)

Researching the Legislative History of Wisconsin Laws:
A Selected Bibliography

(The University of Wisconsin Law Library)


Wyoming

Legislative History of Wyoming Laws
(Wyoming State Legislature)

Wyoming Legislative Histories
(George W. Hopper Law Library,
University of Wyoming College of Law)


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