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	Federal Legislative History Guide
		In its simplest terms, a federal legislative history is an analysis of the various Congressional documents that are generated in connection with the enactment of a law.
		Legislative histories are usually prepared in an attempt to better understand why Congress passed a particular piece of legislation so as to clarify the meaning or intent of a statutory provision that is not apparent on its face.
		Obviously, some of these legislative histories are better than others, and a previously compiled legislative history may have more, or less, information than you need; but, at a minimum, it should provide you with an overview of the legislation and an idea of what legislative history materials are available with respect to your law.
	www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/law/db/ref/lh.html (4204 words)

	The State Library of Massachusetts - Resource Guides - Massachusetts Legislative History
		Legislative history is sought as a means to aid in interpreting a statute, i.e.
		Legislation that has originated as an "outside section" of an appropriation bill from the Ways and Means Committee of either the House or Senate usually does not have a public hearing and is enacted as part of the appropriations bill.
		Legislative history in the form of social history may be gleaned by interviewing the petitioners of the bill, e.g.
	www.mass.gov /lib/guides/mlh.htm (9859 words)

	Legislative Intent and Legislative History
		Legislative history is the written and spoken record that documents the stages in the passage of a bill or resolution as it goes through the legislative process.
		Trace the procedural history of the bill during its passage.
		Standing committees are those which meet during the legislative session and interim committees are those which meet during the rest of the year to study potential legislation in depth and make recommendations to the legislature.
	historyresearch.utah.gov /guides/leghist.htm (1474 words)

	RESEARCHING LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
		The legislative history of a Public Act is an extrinsic aid to interpretation.
		Legislative history includes legislative documents such as bills, adopted amendments, defeated amendments, and conference committee reports; committee testimony, records, debates, and actions; floor debates and actions; and the Governor's messages and actions.
		Other aspects of legislative history, such as (i) previous statutes on the same subject and (ii) court decisions to which the legislation was a response, are not discussed, although they may be revealed when examining legislative debates.
	www.ilga.gov /commission/lrb/lrbres.htm (1923 words)

	Legislative History Research Guide
		Legislative history is a term that refers to the documents that are produced by Congress as a bill is introduced, studied, and debated.
		These legislative documents are often used by attorneys and courts in an attempt to determine Congressional intent or to clarify vague or ambiguous statutory language.
		For interpreting enacted legislation, hearings are less useful than other legislative documents because they focus on the views of the parties testifying rather than the views of the committee or Congress.
	www.ll.georgetown.edu /guides/legislative_history.cfm (2437 words)

	Library - Pathfinders - Idaho Legislative History
		For legislation enacted after 1970, doing a legislative history consists of calling the legislative library and asking for a legislative history.
		The legislative library keeps legislative materials by year of enactment and bill number, so request is not by Idaho code section but by year and bill number.
		Using the legislative year and bill number, you should check the procedural history of the bill in the Daily Data, final edition for the session.
	www.law.uidaho.edu /default.aspx?pid=66166 (2457 words)

	NCSCT LIB LEGHIST
		A legislative history is a compilation of documents which were produced during the process of a bill becoming a law.
		In North Carolina, the legislative history of a statute may be a factor in determining legislative intent.
		Legislative requests to undertake studies may be confirmed by review of indexes to the North Carolina Session Laws.
	www.aoc.state.nc.us /www/copyright/library/liblegh.html (1173 words)

	Social Security Online
		This is an internally-produced, brief, SSA history of the Social Security and SSI disability programs up through January 1986.
		In each case, the recorded vote closest to the final version of the bill is the one reported.
		In the absence of a recorded vote on a Conference Report, the recorded vote on final passage from each chamber is used as the closest available approximation to the position of the individual members on the legislation as enacted.
	www.ssa.gov /history/law.html (669 words)

	Legislative History
		A legislative history is a compilation of all the related legislative documents that precede the enactment of a U.S. Public Law (P.L.).
		A legislative history is used to understand the intent and purpose of the law.
		While not part of an official legislative history, sources outside of government can be very useful for determining the political climate in which the bill was proposed, the arguments for and against the bill, proponents and opponents, analysis, and outcome.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/indiv/usgd/leghis.html (1648 words)

	Division of Legislative Services Reference Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The terms "legislative history" and "legislative intent" are often used interchangeably by researchers whose goal is to determine the intent of a particular bill or specific language enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia.
		Legislative draft (LD) files are created by the Division of Legislative Services' staff when the request to draft a bill is received.
		The chief patron is the legislator who introduced the bill and whose name appears just on the face of the bill.
	dls.state.va.us /lrc/leghist.htm (1006 words)

	Widener University School of Law Library
		A legislative history is the chronology of legislative action.
		The Pennsylvania Legislative Journal of the House of Representatives (House Journal) and the Pennsylvania Legislative Journal of the Senate (Senate Journal) record debates entered into on the floor of the House and Senate pursuant to a bill and also record the vote for the bill.
		A researcher tracks the legislative history of a particular piece of legislation to determine legislative intent, i.e., why was this legislation proposed and passed.
	www.law.widener.edu /Law-Library/new/research/pa_legislative_hist.shtml (985 words)

	Washington State Legislative History
		Researchers need to gather all the pieces that make up a legislative history by starting at a library that collects legislative publications, and then if need be, contacting the State Archives for copies of the bill file.
		If the legislation was passed in the last two years, researchers need to contact the Committees that reported on the bill, and if a cassette tape of floor debate is needed, contact the House and Senate Journal Clerks.
		Legislative Council records from 1947-1973 and personal papers of some legislators may also be useful, although the files are incomplete.
	lib.law.washington.edu /ref/washleghis.html (1346 words)

	Illinois Legislative History--Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Memorial Law Library
		Legislative history refers both to the chronology of events that take place as a bill goes through the legislative process and the statements and documents generated during that process.
		Researchers of Illinois legislative intent are cautioned that it may not be possible to locate clear statements in the materials described in this guide because legislators frequently do not explain their intent or understanding in published sources.
		The bill is the key to legislative history research, since legislation is assigned a bill number during its legislative consideration and before it achieves Public Act status.
	library.law.uiuc.edu /sub/leghistory.htm (1276 words)

	Department of Legislative Services - - Library & Information Services - Legislative History Resources
		The Legislative Services Library is the repository for House and Senate committee files for bills introduced in the General Assembly since 1975.
		Legislative history prior to 1975 is extremely limited.
		Legislative Council Report to the General Assembly for 1941-1976 (known as the "Blue Books," the reports include the recommended bills of the Legislative Council for the upcoming session, actual minutes, and committee or special reports.
	dls.state.md.us /side_pgs/library_info/library_legislative_history.html (701 words)

	Compiling a Legislative History : Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library
		This page describes a method for compiling the legislative history of Maine laws and links you to forms we use when researching a bill or the history line of a section.
		The courts have accepted this statement as evidence of the intent of the legislation and it is often the clearest statement of the purpose.
		A study may be required by legislation, approved by the Legislative Council, or conducted by a government agency or task force.
	www.maine.gov /legis/lawlib/leghist.htm (1872 words)

	Legislative history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Legislative history includes any of various materials generated in the course of creating legislation, such as committee reports, analysis by legislative counsel, committee hearings, floor debates, and histories of actions taken.
		Legislative history is often contradictory, giving courts a chance to pick and choose those bits which support the result the judges want to reach.
		In Judge Leventhal's immortal phrase, consulting legislative history is like "looking over a crowd of people and picking out your friends." n24 This shifts power from the Congress and the President--who, after all, are charged with writing the laws--to unelected judges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Legislative_history (693 words)

	LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF WYOMING LAWS
		At the close of the legislative session, digests of the Journals are published in bound volumes entitled "Journal of the Senate" (or House) and are available at the state and county libraries. The official journals are retained by the Secretary of State.
		It may also be helpful to directly contact the legislator who sponsored the bill. The legislator may provide helpful insight into his intent and may have retained information on the bill.
		Swan, 7 Wyo. 166, 51 P. While insight and further leads may be garnered in talking with legislators it should be noted that affidavits by legislators and legislative staff regarding the enactment of a statute are not a proper source of legislative history. Independent Producers Marketing Corp. v.
	legisweb.state.wy.us /leginfo/hiswylaw.htm (576 words)

	Illinois Legislative History Sources Guide--Pritzker Legal Research Center
		In comparison to federal legislative history documentation, there are far fewer sources to determine legislative intent for Illinois legislation.
		To trace the legislative history of an Illinois statute it is necessary to obtain a copy of the statute and determine the particular Illinois public act that was the source for the section that you want to research.
		Rather, the major source of legislative history is the floor debates in the Illinois legislature.
	www.law.northwestern.edu /lawlibrary/research/govt/illegis.htm (1494 words)

	NESL Research Guide: Mass. Legislative History
		If proposed legislation is not enacted by the end of the session, it dies and must be reintroduced in the next session.
		Proposed legislation may be filed: (1) by the Governor; (2) as a recommendation from the a state officer or agency; (3) in a report of a special commission specifically appointed to do so by the General Court; (4) as a committee bill; or (5) by petition.
		After filing, proposed legislation is referred to one of the joint committees, and a public hearing on each bill is mandatory.
	www.nesl.edu /research/rsguides/web2.htm (1232 words)

	Minnesota Legislature - Minnesota Legislative History Step by Step
		The primary sources of information for legislative history research are the recordings of House and Senate committee hearings and floor sessions.
		The Legislative Reference Library houses the more recent materials and the Minnesota Historical Society keeps the older materials (location of legislative history materials, by year).
		If this is the case you might want to contact that state to determine what legislative history materials they have from when the issue was before their legislative body.
	www.leg.state.mn.us /leg/leghist/histstep.htm (1285 words)

	Federal Legislative History
		Legislative history refers to the progress of a bill through the legislative process and to the documents that are created during that process.
		Look for a compiled legislative history first because identifying and collecting legislative history documents can be time-consuming.
		LexisNexis and Westlaw have legislative history databases covering laws on a variety of topics, including the environment, bankruptcy, securities, immigration, and tax.
	lib.law.washington.edu /ref/fedlegishist.html (1657 words)

	Legislative Research in Massachusetts
		The deadline for filing proposed legislation is prior to five o'clock in the afternoon on the second Wednesday in January of the first annual session of the General Court.
		Note that the initiative petition is an action by the people prior to the enactment of a law (or amendment to the constitution), whereas a referendum is an action by the people after the enactment of a law by the General Court.
		At present (December 1997), the full-text of legislative documents is not included on the state's website, nor is the Calendar or Journal.
	www.mass.gov /legis/legishistory.htm (9661 words)

	Oregon Legislative History
		Published in 1968 by David C. Duniway, State Archivist, the Members of the Legislature of Oregon 1843-1967, is a compilation of former legislators.
		Legislators and staff of the Oregon Legislative Assembly are included here, starting with the first meeting in 1841 and going through the 1949 Regular Session.
		A history of women legislators from 1860 to the present.
	www.leg.state.or.us /history/capitolhistory.htm (445 words)

	Federal Legislative History - LexisNexis InfoPro - Zimmerman's Research Guide
		The legislative history of a bill is comprised of the various texts drafted by Congress from the time the bill is introduced in the House or Senate until it either becomes a Public Law or dies.
		There are two ways to get a legislative history: (1) get only the easy parts; (2) get one compiled by someone else; or (3) compile it yourself.
		To find if they have a legislative history for the one you need, call the GPO Bookstore (202-512-1800) or visit the U.S. Government Bookstore.
	www.lexisnexis.com /infopro/zimmerman/disp.aspx?z=1465 (1483 words)

	Legislative History
		Your legislative history research should begin with a Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) number.
		Check with the Legislative Research Commission library to see if the committee minutes were taped during the session *.
		Video tapes, beginning with the 1992 regular session, may be viewed in the Legislative Research Commission library, or purchased for $10/tape.
	www.lrc.ky.gov /legproc/history.htm (278 words)

	New Jersey State Library
		A Legislative history is a compilation of the documents which express the purpose or intent behind the passage of a particular law.
		The State Library compiles histories on all New Jersey laws which are general and permanent, and are added to NJSA.
		Legislative histories for prior years are available from the Law Library.
	www.njstatelib.org /NJLH (142 words)

	Legislative History Tutorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Although a legislative history starts with a bill jacket, there are qualifications.
		McKinney's provides annotations to each article of the law, for example, "Historical Note" and "Library References", which are useful for compiling a legislative history and in understanding the law and its applications.
		Legislative Intent in New York state; Cases, and Annotated Bibliography (Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1981).
	www.nysl.nysed.gov /leghist/leghis.htm (416 words)

	Text and Histories of Wisconsin Legislative Proposals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Legislative Reference Bureau's Executive Partial Veto of 2003 Senat Bill 44 and the Legislative Fiscal Bureau's Summary of Partial Vetoes of 2003 Wisconsin Act 33 provide detailed information on the partial vetoes.
		The bill's procedural history gives results of actions on each amendment and links to the text of the amendments.
		The Legislative Fiscal Bureau's Comparative Summary of Budget Recommendations: Governor and Joint Committee on Finance provides a comparison of the changes made in the budget by the Joint Committee on Finance as well as information on items which have not been modified from the governor's original bill.
	www.legis.state.wi.us /billtext.html (381 words)

	Legislative History of Major FERPA Provisions
		Accordingly, traditional legislative history for FERPA as first enacted is unavailable.
		On December 13, 1974, these sponsors introduced the major source of legislative history for the amendment, which is known as the "Joint Statement in Explanation of Buckley/Pell Amendment" ("Joint Statement").
		The legislative history explains that this amendment corrects an "anomaly" caused by the Department's interpretation of FERPA as precluding State auditors from requesting student records in order to conduct State audits of local and State-supported programs.
	www.ed.gov /policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/leg-history.html?exp=0 (2206 words)

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