Category Archives: States – Legislative Branch

Legislative Branch

Year 19, day 1

Posted on January 1, 2013 by

I fixed the links in the Maryland – Legislative Branch entry to correlate with the new General Assembly web site, and I fixed the links in the District of Columbia – Legislative Branch entry because they seem to have a new … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

The Maryland General Assembly just put up a new website with all new URLs.  Now I know what I’ll be doing on New Year’s Day.

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New entry for Massachusetts Legislative History

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

There is a fair amount of legislative history available for Massachusetts bills and laws.  A  new entry called Massachusetts Legislative History tells you how to get it.

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California Dreaming: New search for recent bills

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

The California Legislature has a new bill search (covering the 1999/2000 session to the present) that I added to the “Bills and Bill Status” section of the California entry.  I also added a section on “California Attorney General Opinions;” apparently … Continue reading →

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Washington state dockets section expanded and new entry for Washington state legislative history

Posted on November 20, 2011 by

I did some Washington State case research this week, which gave me material to revise and expanded the ”Dockets / Case Information” section of the Washington State entry.  While I was there, I noticed that the “Legislative History” section made it hard … Continue reading →

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New section on Indiana Legislative history

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

I wrote up a “Legislative History” section for the Indiana entry.  Bottom line:  Indiana legislative history materials are readily available online, but none of them talk about legislative intent.  Not even the “Committee Reports.”

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Database for locating Uniform Law legislation

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

If you wanted to find out what’s going on with a Uniform Law, one good place to look would be the NCCUSL’s Legislation database, which I just added to the “State Laws” section of the Uniform Laws entry.   The … Continue reading →

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Wisconsin entry reorganized and expanded

Posted on May 22, 2011 by

The Wisconsin entry had gotten large enough to organize the information into sections for each branch of government, so I did.  I also added links to the Wisconsin Law Archive, the  Wisconsin Administrative Code and Register, the databases for searching Wisconsin businesses, … Continue reading →

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New trade data resource and a format update for Alabama

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

I added the U.S. Census Bureau’s USA Trade Online site to the International Trade entry and gave the Alabama entry an Alaska-style makeover.

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New section on Washington State legislative history

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

I wrote up a new “Legislative History” section for the Washington State entry.  I’m proud of this one.  It’s the hand-out I wish I had last week, when I was asked to compile four Washington legislative histories, and that’s exactly what … Continue reading →

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