Legal Research Resources for USD Students (Non-Law): Statutes & Legislative History From Other States

LexisNexis contains annotated state constitutions and codes. Refer to the LexisNexis diagram on the Courts and Case Law tab. Under Legal, choose "State Statutes and Regulations" and Advanced Options. Check "Constitution" or "Statutory Code." Click on a state to browse the table of contents. Check one or more states and use the box for a segment search i.e. TEXT(search term), or keyword or Boolean search.

This collection includes the official session laws of all fifty states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and historical Codes from all fifty states.

This site links to codes found on each state's legislative branch website. Search by jurisdiction or topic.

This site also links to codes found on states' legislative websites. For some states, Findlaw provides its own "hosted" version.

The Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. created and maintains this extensive list of state government links, state government information links, and commercial sources for state legislative research. It was last updated September 9, 2014.

This Research Guide from Indiana University's Maurer School of Law includes an alphabetical list of online state legislative history guides.