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#State Legislatures, State Laws, and State Regulations: Websites

- - Legis. Ref. 304-347-4836, Legis. Services 347-4800, State Law Lib. 304-558-2607

- - State Gov. Operator 608-266-2211, Senate 608-266-2517, Assembly 608-266-1501

- - State Gov. Operator 307-777-7011, Senate 307-777-7711, House 307-777-7852

- - Legis. Services 307-777-7881, Bill Status 777-6185, Sup. Court Library 307-777-7509

Note: Even though most of the above websites are produced by state governments it is wise to verify their currency, completeness and accuracy. State session laws and state registers (often online) are generally used by states to update their state statutory codes and state administrative codes. The phone numbers given above provide contacts for state government operators, state legislatures, state legislative reference offices, and state law libraries which are often the state supreme court library or the law and legislative reference section of a state library. See article by Paul Hellyer on reliability and currency of free online state codes.

Commercial Sources for State Legislative Research

Lexis.com (very large subscription service; includes info on all 50 states via StateNet)

Library Consultants, Inc. (Louisiana legislative research, Deborah Wynot 504-885-5926)

MLQ Attorney Services (state local court or legal document searching)

MultiState Associates (commercial state leg. reg. monitoring, tracking, lobbying, etc.)

New Jersey Legislative Journal and BillTrak (by Princeton Desktop Systems, Inc.)

New York Legislative Service, Inc. (NYS NYC legislative research histories)

State Legislative Sourcebook ( Government Research Service, 1-800-346-6898)

State Yellow Book (Internet or book subscription from Leadership Directories, Inc.)

StateNet (subscription; news, analysis, 50 state bill tracking bill texts - sub. of Lexis)

StateScape (subscription; legis. reg. monitoring, forecasting, news, issue analysis)