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State Legislative History Research Guides on the Web

Compiled by Jennifer Bryan Morgan, Documents Librarian, Indiana University School of Law Library—Bloomington

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Alabama
Alaska

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

Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
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
Indiana
Iowa

Iowa Legislative Information
(Drake University Law School)

Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana

Louisiana Legislative History
(Law Library of Louisiana)

Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi

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

Missouri
  • Research Guides
    Click on “Legislative History for Cite Checking” to download
    (Saint Louis University Law Library)

  • Wanda M. Temm & Julie M. Cheslik, Missouri Legal Research (Carolina Academic Press 2007). Chapter 8: Legislative History

Montana

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

Nebraska
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)

  • Legislative History Advanced Search
    A searchable database of over 3,300 legislative histories compiled by Research Library staff.
    (Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau Research Library)

New Hampshire

New Jersey
New Mexico

New York (General Assembly)

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

New York (Senate)
North Carolina

Legislative History Research in North Carolina
(LLRX.com)

North Dakota

Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island

Rhode Island Legal Sources: 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
Utah
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
West Virginia

Guide to West Virginia Legislative History Research
(West Virginia University Law Library)

Wisconsin
Wyoming

This guide was last updated February 4, 2009 (jbm)