STEP 7. Indexes for Legislative Bills.
To Step 8.
To Outline.
A complete history of each bill introduced in the Legislature is found in the following
indexes:
- New York Legislative Record and Index ( Albany: Legislative Index Publishing Co., 1907-
1984; title varies: 1907-1912, "New York Legislative Index"). R,328.747/ qN549 for 1907-
1974. 1975-1984 volumes on "RT" table.
- State of New York Legislative Digest (Albany: Legislative Bill Drafting Commission, 1985-
current). RT, LEG 006.8-3/ LEGDI 38-25.The Legislative Digest for the current legislative
session is published in paper copy, and is cumulated. After the annual volume has been delivered
to the publisher a small "Supplemental Pocket Part" is published containing material received too
late for inclusion in the bound volume.
- "Legislative Digest- Bill Summaries" are received daily, and kept at the "RT" table on
clipboards- one for the Assembly and one for the Senate.
The Legislative Digest is a sequential arrangement of Senate and Assembly bill
summaries. It includes dates of legislative action for each bill, and the names of the Committees
to which the bill was referred. The Governor's approval and veto messages are printed in full.
Proposed bills and enacted laws are listed under the appropriate sections in the consolidated laws, if applicable. A list of bills sponsored by each
Legislator is recorded. A table of laws amended or repealed , and cross reference tables by
chapter number and bill number are provided.
If your legislative history involves a relatively recent bill or statute, there are additional
sources of information besides The Legislative Digest:
- Contact the appropriate Legislative Committee.
- Legislative Reference Service data bases. Searched at the Bibliographic Data Bases terminal at
the Reference Desk.
- For a keyword or subject search begin at "9. LRS Data Base Inquiry
System,"
- then "4. Legislative Bill Text,"
- then "Full Text of Legislation Introduced in the [year]
Session."
- At "Enter a command," type "..Command",
- then "..Search". Use "adj" operator to
reduce excessive hits.
- Legislative Assistance and Service Office (Senate).
Legislative Office Building, Room 214.
Telephone: (518)455-3216.
They will inform you of the status of a bill in the current session, and the bill number if it is not known. They supply bill memos.
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