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Kansas Legislative History
Kansas Statutes Annotated
Get Session Law Number
Kansas Session Laws
Bill #
New & Old Language
Senate &
House
Journals
Committee
Minutes
Interim
Studies
Bills
Kansas Statutes Annotated
• http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrvstatutes/index.do
• Look at the annotations for
“Historical Notes”
L.1991, ch. 295
– L. Is the legislative session (year)
– ch. is the chapter (each new law is a chapter)
Sessions Laws of Kansas
• Published each July
• Online from 1996
http://www.kslegislature.org/cgibin/sessionlaws/index.cgi
Senate and House Journals
• Procedural History
• Online since 1997 at
http://www.kslegislature.org/cgibin/journals/index.cgi
• State Library
• KU Wheat Law Library
Committee Minutes
– http://www.kslegislature.org/cgibin/committees/index.cgi. (2001-)
– Kansas Legislative Administrative Services
must be contact at (785) 296-2391 for
committee minutes from other years.
Kansas Legislative Interim
Studies
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Reports of Special Committees
ID “hot” issues
Published in print volumes starting in 1972
Online at
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/ksleg/KLRD/Committe
e.htm (2003-)
Senate and House Bills
• Text of bills
• Online from 1997/98 at
http://www.kslegislature.org/cgibin/fulltext/index.cgi
• “Supplemental Notes” can be a good
research tool.
Kansas Attorney General Opinions
• 1957-current, Supreme Court Law Library
& KU
• 1977- current, Lexis and Westlaw
• 1995-current, www.kscourts.org/ksag
• Prior to 1957, call the AG’s Office
Need more help?
• Joseph Custer, Kansas Legal Research and
Reference Guide (3d ed. 2003).
• Richard E. Levy & Robert A. Mead, Using
Legislative History as a Tool of Statutory
Construction in Kansas, 71 J. Kan. B.
Ass’n. 35 (2002).