Index of Constitutions; statutes and legislation on the Internet - Organized by State

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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. Updated 11/9/02.

The Internet is a good reference tool, but don't assume any information is accurate, complete or current; double-check it elsewhere before relying on it.

Links to sites maintained by governments are in bold type.

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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

  Arizona

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Administrative code, Administrative Register

  Arkansas

• Legislation, session laws
• Constitution, statutes Also legislation and session laws from previous sessions.
• 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.
• Constitution

  District of Columbia

• DC Code (Lexis) Java required.
• DC Code (West)
• Newer legislation; older legislation 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 (Georgianet)
• Legislation (General Assembly)
• 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 There is now a site map.
• Constitution Annotated; published in 1996; Adobe Acrobat file
• Under P.A. 90-666, the Illinois Administrative Code and the Illinois Register will be online by the end of the 92nd General Assembly (January, 2003). Some rules are already online. To see whether an agency's rules are online, choose the agency from the agency list and go to the agency's site.

  Indiana

• Constitution
• Statutes, legislation, session laws, administrative code, Indiana Register The administrative code is in WordPerfect (.wpd) files. 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
• Constitution
• 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 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.
• Regulations Partial

  Michigan

• Constitution, statutes, legislation Also a session law-to-bill cross-reference. Choose the "Michigan Compiled Laws" link for constitution and statutes.
• Constitution
• Constitution
• Administrative code, Michigan Register If you don't want Java, use the non-Java version of the page.

  Minnesota

• Statutes, session laws
• Legislation
• Constitution
• 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
• Administrative code

  Nevada

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, administrative code, Nevada Register
• 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, administrative code Java required. The Constitution text is part of the statute database.
• Legislation
• Session law to bill concordance
• Constitution

  New York

• Constitiution, statutes, legislation, session laws Senate site; information from both houses is available. Constitution has links to each Section. Statutes and session laws are also available without the frame of the main Senate site.
• 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 Adobe Acrobat files.
• Administrative Code

  Northern Mariana Islands

• Constitution, session laws

  Ohio

• Constitution, statutes, administrative code
• Session laws
• 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
• Statutes Updated only through 1997. Follow the link immediately above this one for more recent statutes.
• Constitution
• Administrative rules, Oregon Bulletin

  Pennsylvania

• Statutes, session laws Only portions of the statutes are available.
• Legislation The site may be slow during the day.
• Constitution
• Constitution
• Constitution The site also has research materials.
• Regulations The Pennsylvania Code has regulations and other materials (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
• 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
• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, administrative code FTP
• 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 the easy-to-use navigation page or an alternate home page instead.
• 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

Please write if a link on this page doesn't work or if a state's constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, or administrative rules are online but are not listed here.

E-mail asking me to look things up and e-mail asking me to interpret the law won't be answered. Sorry!

This page avoids links to court decisions, federal materials, materials that are not full-text, single-topic sites (such as a state's computer laws), and materials that require fees for access.

[vannrox]

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[TaxPayer2000]

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[IronJack]

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[Wonder Warthog]

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[EverOnward]

What a tremendous resrouce. Thank you!!

[Consort]

Native American Tribal Constitutions.

[Consort]

Constitution of the Confederate States of America

[Consort]

The Constitution of Paraguay.

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[Helix]

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[k2blader]

Very nice--thank you!