Librarian
Subject Librarian
Jennifer Rowe
she/her
Contact:
940-369-7815
Sycamore Library, Sycamore Hall
jennifer.rowe@unt.edu
Sycamore Library, Sycamore Hall
jennifer.rowe@unt.edu
Subjects: Forensic Science, Grants
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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 CongressionalProQuest 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
- Thomson Reuters Westlaw Campus ResearchThomson Reuters Westlaw Campus Research provides full text access to news, business, and legal resources including law reviews and journals, newswires, television and radio transcripts, newspapers, and private and public corporation profiles.
- Congress.govCongress.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
- Thomson Reuters Westlaw Campus ResearchThomson Reuters Westlaw Campus Research provides full text access to news, business, and legal resources including law reviews and journals, newswires, television and radio transcripts, newspapers, and private and public corporation profiles.
- Texas Legislature OnlineAccess Texas bills and related content.
- Texas Laws & Resolutions ArchiveArchive 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
- HeinOnlineHeinOnline, 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 APILegiScan 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.