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Below are links and descriptions to major databases and resources for finding Illinois laws or legislation. If you need help on doing a legislative history of a particular law, see Tracing Illinois Legislation (prepared for POS 410).
Full Text Databases | Major Print Resources | Useful Websites
Full Text Databases
General Assembly -- Official website for the state legislature. Browse or keyword search for bills or laws within a General Assembly session (back to the 90th session, 1997-98). Also has information on:
- General Assembly Members House & Senate - Hyperlinked biographical sketches, list of bills proposed, and contact information. Can also find out who your representatives are by submitting your address.
- Legislation & Laws - Browse or keyword search Bills, Resolutions, etc.
- Public Acts - Browse or keyword search laws passed, by General Assembly.
- House and Senate Journals (1997-present) - Daily record of what took place on the House or Senate Floor and who voted for/against a bill. Can keyword most of the prior Journals.
- House & Senate Live Session Video/Audio - Watch or listen to the House Floor when the House is in session.
Illinois Administrative Code -- Browse or keyword search the version compiled by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. LexisNexis
Academic (UIS Database) -- Under Legal Research locate
state case law and state codes.
Click on State Case Law to
access the searchable text of:
- Illinois Appellate Court Cases (1877-present)
- Illinois Supreme Court Cases (1819-present)
Click on State Codes to access
the searchable text of:
- Illinois Advanced Legislative Service (1989-present)
- Individual General Assembly legislation enacted into law.
- Illinois Compiled Statutes Annotated (current) - All
the laws of Illinois, arranged by subject.
- Illinois Constitution (current)
LexisNexis
State Capital (UIS Database) -- Has searchable text to law and legislative
information. Since State Capital Universe is for all 50 states,
you will need to limit your search to Illinois at the outset.
Click on Bills to access the searchable text of:
- Bills (1991-present) - Proposed legislation by a member
of the General Assembly, may search by keyword or citation (H.B.
for House, S.B. for Senate).
- Bill Tracking (1991-present) - History of a particular
bill, e.g. when it was proposed, who sponsored it, when it was
sent to committee, and when it was signed into law.
Click on Statutes to access
the searchable text of the Illinois Compiled Statutes Annotated,
or all the state laws arranged by subject, and the State Constitution.
Click on Regulations to access
the searchable text of:
- Proposed Regulations (current) - Search for proposed
administrative rules and regulations of state agencies.
- Administrative Codes (1980-present) - Search the Illinois
Administrative Code, the administrative rules and regulations
of the state agencies, arranged by subject.
Click on Policy & Issues
to access the searchable text of short reports and articles on
state government issues, or the State Journal-Register back
to 1994 (under State Newspapers of Record)
Other databases include General Assembly Member
information and List of Links for
other suggested websites.
Westlaw's Campus Research (UIS Database, temporarily on-campus only) -- full text access to West publications for Illinois statutory law (Illinois Statutes & Administrative Code), case law from Illinois (or any other state), as well as secondary sources such as law reviews, American Law Reports (ALR) and American Jurisprudence 2d. Major Print Resources
Illinois Compiled Statutes [REF KFI 1230 A2301] -- Laws of Illinois, arranged by subject.
Laws of Illinois [DOC.IL S 4.111] -- Official version of the laws passed by the General Assemby, in chronological order. Legislative Synopsis & Digest [DOC. IL Y 4.L 52:L 52/] - Excellent print compilation of summaries of legislation, arranged chronologically, and list of when action was taken on the bill. Indexes in the back to find the public law number for a bill and vice versa.
Useful Websites
Illinois Legislative History -- by UIUC's Law Library
Researching Legislative History -- by
Richard C. Edwards, Executive Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau
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