This legal research guide provides information on both official and unofficial codified laws, session laws, statutory revisions, and the constitutions.
Disclaimer: The State Law Library cannot tell you what a law means for your situation. Please contact an attorney for help determining what the law means for you. If you have questions or need help finding resources, please ask a librarian.
Disclaimer: The State Law Library cannot tell you what a law means for your situation.
The Legislative Reference Library's Legislative Archive System allows users to view session laws as well as the text, and often times complete bill file, of bills introduced by the Texas Legislature. This is an ongoing project and not all information is available at present. To view a chart of what information is available for a given year, see the project status page. The advanced search will allow users to search for bills by keyword.
UNT's Portal to Texas History has digitized the Texas session laws for the 42nd-81st Legislative Sessions (1931-2009). More years may be added as they are digitized.
Bills
Drafts of proposed laws that have been presented to the legislature for consideration.
The Legislative Reference Library's Legislative Archive System allows users to view session laws as well as the text, and often times complete bill file, of bills introduced by the Texas Legislature. This is an ongoing project and not all information is available at present. To view a chart of what information is available for a given year, see the project status page. The advanced search will allow users to search for bills by keyword.
The Texas Legislature's website provides bills from the 71st Regular Session (1991) to the present. Information available includes bill history with actions, amendments, companions, and the text of the bill.
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