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	State Constitutions Preambles to State Constitutions Full-text state statutes and legislation on the Internet This page seeks to link to sites containing full-text state constitutions, statutes (called codes or compiled laws in some states), legislation (bills, amendments and similar documents), session laws (bills that have become laws), and administrative rules. Links to sites maintained by governments are in bold type. Alabama Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws Administrative Code, Administrative Monthly Alaska Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code, Administrative Journal Statutes, Administrative Code Constitution American Samoa Constitution, statutes, Administrative Code Constitution Arizona Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws Administrative Code, Administrative Register Arkansas Legislation, session laws Constitution, statutes Also legislation and session laws from previous sessions. Some administrative rules are online at a central site, but the information at the site is fragmentary. Some agencies have put their administrative rules online on their own sites. To see whether an agency's rules are available at the agency's site, choose the agency from the agency list and go to the agency's site. Arkansas Register California (For California only, session laws are called "statutes" and statutes are called "codes" to conform to California terminology) Codes Codes Legislation Legislative Counsel site. Legislation State Senate site; bills from both houses are available. Statutes Constitution Constitution, codes, legislation, statutes FTP Code of Regulations Regulatory Notice Register Colorado Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, rules and regulations Choose the "Colorado Revised Statutes" link for both constitution and statutes. Connecticut Statutes, legislation, session laws Statutes, session laws Statutes may not be as current as the statutes available by following the link immediately above this one. Constitution Some administrative rules are online. To see whether an agency's rules are online, choose the agency from the agency list and go to the agency's site. Delaware Constitution, statutes Java required. The Constitution text is part of the "Delaware Code" database. Legislation, Register of Regulations For the Register of Regulations, use the link labeled "Online Publications". A few Administrative Code provisions are also available. Administrative Code (partial) Constitution District of Columbia DC Code (Lexis) Java required. DC Code (West) Legislation: Council Period 15 ; Council Period 14 ; archives Partial Legislation, session laws Florida Constitution, statutes, legislation Session laws ("General Laws"), Administrative Code, Administrative Weekly Session laws and Administrative Code are Adobe Acrobat files. (For HTML files of session laws, use the "Bill-to-Law cross reference" link on the page to find the bill number, then use the Florida legislation link listed above to get the final version of the bill.) Georgia Statutes Legislation, session laws Constitution Constitution Adobe Acrobat file (2.3 mb). There is an Adobe Acrobat file on another site that appears to have the same contents but is only 239 kb. Administrative Code Guam Statutes The links labeled "Section 1", "Section 2" and so on actually take you to Title 1, Title 2 and so on. Legislation, session laws Hawaii Statutes, legislation, session laws Constitution Administrative rules Idaho Constitution, statutes, legislation Constitution Administrative rules, Administrative Bulletin Illinois Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code, Illinois Register For pre-2003 legislation, don't choose "Bills & Resolutions"--choose "Previous General Assemblies" instead. The main page for each Administrative Code Title lists only Parts, not Chapters and Subchapters. To see where a Chapter or Subchapter begins, find the Table of Contents for the Title you seek. Other indices are available. You can also check the agency list to find an agency's website--the agency's rules may be available there. Constitution Annotated; published in 1996; Adobe Acrobat file. Legislation, Administrative Code FTP Indiana Constitution Constitution Statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code, Indiana Register The Administrative Code is in WordPerfect (.wpd) file format. If you use Windows and you don't have a program associated with the .wpd file extension, you can save the file (right-click), then launch Microsoft Word or StarOffice, then open the file (Microsoft Word or StarOffice will convert it). Iowa Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code, Administrative Bulletin Kansas Statutes, legislation, enrolled bills They charge a fee to see session laws, but the corresponding enrolled bills are free. Constitution Kentucky Constitution, statutes, legislation, administrative regulations Louisiana Constitution, statutes, legislation Session laws Administrative Code, Louisiana Register Maine Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws Constitution Administrative Code Maryland Constitution, statutes Java required. The Constitution text is part of the "Maryland Code" database. Legislation Statutes 2000 session laws ; 2001 session laws ; 2002 session laws ; 2003 session laws ; Rich text format (.rtf) files. Constitution Code of Maryland Regulations, Maryland Register Massachusetts Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws The House bill retrieval page has instructions for manually creating a URL to link to a bill. Ignore those instructions; they were written incorrectly. Use the bill number search or text search instead. Code of Massachusetts Regulations Partial Michigan Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws Choose the "Chapter Index" link to browse constitution and statutes. Administrative Code, Michigan Register Minnesota Constitution, statutes, session laws Legislation Administrative rules State Register Mississippi Constitution, statutes Java required. The Constitution text is part of the "Mississippi Code" database. Constitution, statutes Search Statutes Choose the link labeled "Table of Contents FREE"; browse; most of the other materials on the site are available only by paid subscription. Legislation You can go directly to bill text . Constitution Browse Missouri Constitution, statutes, legislation Use the links to the Senate site and House site for legislation from prior legislative sessions. Code of State Regulations, Missouri Register Adobe Acrobat files. Montana Constitution, statutes, legislation Administrative Register There is also a text-only version of the site . Nebraska Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws Statutes Good for browsing the Chapters. Administrative Code Nevada Statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code, Nevada Register Statutes are called "Nevada Revised Statutes"; session laws are called "Statutes of Nevada". Constitution Constitution Annotated. A 1.8 mb file. New Hampshire Legislation, session laws Choose the "Legislation" link for both legislation and session laws. Constitution, statutes, administrative rules, Rulemaking Register Choose the "Administrative Rules" link for the Rulemaking Register. New Jersey Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws New Mexico Constitution, statutes, legislation, Administrative Code For the Constitution and Administrative Code, follow the link labeled "New Mexico Statutes". Session law to bill concordance Administrative Code New Mexico Register New York Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws Senate site; information from both houses is available. Constitution has links to each Section. Constitution, statutes, session laws Assembly site; information from both houses is available. Constitution has links to each Article. Legislation Assembly site; information from both houses is available. Statutes Constitution Entire constitution in a single document. Constitution Adobe Acrobat file. Some administrative rules are online. To see whether an agency's rules are online, choose the agency from the agency list and go to the agency's site. North Carolina Statutes, legislation, session laws Constitution Administrative Code If you see a notice on the right side of your screen saying that the Official Administrative Code is available by subscription from West, don't worry about the notice--just navigate using the links on the left side of your screen and you will get the Administrative Code. North Carolina Register North Dakota Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code Adobe Acrobat files. Northern Mariana Islands Constitution, session laws Ohio Constitution, statutes, session laws, Administrative Code Legislation Constitution Register of Ohio Oklahoma Constitution, statutes, legislation (Oklahoma Legislature) Rich text format (.rtf) files. Search constitution and statutes. Browse legislation. Constitution, statutes (Oklahoma Public Legal Research System) Search statutes. Search or browse constitution. Constitution, statutes (Oklahoma Supreme Court Network) Browse or search. The constitution and statutes are "citationized", meaning they link to decisions citing a section and also to some superseded versions of the section. Some administrative rules are online. To see whether an agency's rules are online, choose the agency from the agency list and go to the agency's site. Oregon Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws Constitution Administrative rules, Oregon Bulletin Pennsylvania Statutes, session laws Only portions of the statutes are available. (NOTE: The Pennsylvania Code contains regulations, not statutes. Link appears below.) Legislation, session laws Choose "Legislation Enacted" for session laws from 1975 to the present. Constitution Constitution The site also has research materials. Regulations Pennsylvania Code (not statutes). Pennsylvania Bulletin Puerto Rico Session laws; partial statutes Spanish. The page automatically launches a MIDI file, so mute your speakers if you have a MIDI plug-in installed and you don't want to hear the music. Constitution English Constitution English Rhode Island Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws Another search engine has various search options. Constitution Rules and Regulations South Carolina Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, regulations, State Register You may need to browse the tabs labeled "Research" and "Publications" to find what you need. Legislation South Dakota Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, administrative rules, South Dakota Register Search or browse statutes. Choose the "South Dakota Codified Laws" link for the constitution and statutes. Choose the "Administrative Rules" link for the South Dakota Register. Constitution, statutes Java required. The Constitution text is part of the "South Dakota Codified Laws" database. Tennessee Constitution, statutes Java required. The Constitution text is part of the "Tennessee Code" database. Legislation, session laws ("chaptered bills") Constitution Adobe Acrobat file Rules and Regulations Administrative Register Texas Constitution, statutes, legislation Also lists of enrolled, signed, and vetoed bills. Constitution, statutes, legislation FTP Administrative Code Texas Register Texas Register Utah Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws Constitution, statutes Java required. The Constitution text is part of the "Utah Code" database. Administrative rules, State Bulletin Vermont Constitution, statutes Java required. The Constitution text is part of the "Vermont Code" database. Constitution, legislation, session laws U.S. Virgin Islands Statutes Legislation Adobe Acrobat files. Use the "Bill Summary" link for a numerical list of bills with links to bill text. (In fact, when I last checked, the "Bill Summary" link was the only link in the navigation frame that worked.) Virginia Statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code Constitution Adobe Acrobat file. Constitution Microsoft Word file. Register of Regulations Washington Statutes, Administrative Code Statutes Legislation Constitution Constitution Administrative Code State Register West Virginia Statutes, session laws, legislation, session laws If you have problems with the navigation scheme on the site's home page, use an alternate home page instead. Bill text is in WordPerfect (.wpd) file format. If you use Windows and you don't have a program associated with the .wpd file extension, you can save the file (right-click), then launch Microsoft Word or StarOffice, then open the file (Microsoft Word or StarOffice will convert it). Constitution Constitution It can also be accessed through a search form . Code of State Rules, West Virginia Register If you see a price next to a rule, don't worry. The rules are now free. Wisconsin Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code, Administrative Register Wyoming Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws The Constitution text is part of the statute database. Administrative rules Misc Drafts of Uniform and Model Acts (from NCCUSL ) State laws by topic (from Cornell )


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