LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Step 5: Consult Other Sources of Information About This Bill

For 1975-1984, the "Bill Summaries of the House Research Department" summarize main provisions of bills and compare House bills with companion Senate bills. Check in the State Archives inventory notebooks under the heading "Legislature, House" for further information.

Other possible avenues of legislative history research include:

• Personal papers of legislators influential in the passage of the bill.
• Contemporary newspaper articles about the issues raised by the bill.
• Records of state agencies, political parties, or groups concerned with the legislation.