Guides: PSCI 4490: Law and Policy Process: Finding Legislation

The Legislative Process

Here is a brief overview (Infographic) of the legislative process.

Congress.gov offers a video tutorial of the federal legislative process.

Federal Legislative Process

Texas Legislative Process

The Texas Politics Project at UT Austin offers an infographic of the Texas Legislative Process. For brevity of space, only a link is being included here:

https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/archive/html/leg/features/0800_01/billtolaw.html

Recommended Resources for Locating Legislation

Federal Legislative Resources

ProQuest Congressional
ProQuest Congressional Includes information on bills, laws, regulations, Congressional publications, current and previous Members of Congress, campaign finance information, financial disclosures, voting records, and committee membership. Also includes the full text of some Congressional reports, documents, and testimonies. Dates of Coverage: 1789 - present

Congress.gov
Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public.

Texas Legislative Resources

Texas Legislature Online
Access Texas bills and related content.
Texas Laws & Resolutions Archive
Archive of signed resolutions and laws hosted by the UNT Libraries in the Portal to Texas History. This collection began in 2003 and is updated at the end of each biennial legislative session.

Additional Resources for Finding Federal and State Legislation

HeinOnline
HeinOnline, sometimes known as Hein Online, serves as a source of legal information with over 100 million pages of legal history and comprehensive coverage of more than 2,000 law and law-related periodicals. HeinOnline hosts a number of collections, with descriptions of contents available to users who click the question mark next to the collection title.
LegiScan API
LegiScan API is the data service providing structured JSON information for legislation in all 50 states and Congress that is the heart of the turnkey OneVote / GAITS tracking platform. Giving access to raw bill detail information, status, sponsors, full bill texts, roll call records and more to both public and private entities.

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The Legislative Process

Federal Legislative Process

Texas Legislative Process

Recommended Resources for Locating Legislation

Federal Legislative Resources

Texas Legislative Resources

Additional Resources for Finding Federal and State Legislation

PSCI 4490: Law and Policy Process

The Legislative Process

Federal Legislative Process

Texas Legislative Process

Recommended Resources for Locating Legislation

Federal Legislative Resources

Texas Legislative Resources

Additional Resources for Finding Federal and State Legislation

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