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 statutes/index.dohttp:// statutes/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 bin/sessionlaws/index.cgi bin/sessionlaws/index.cgi
Senate and House Journals Procedural History Online since 1997 at bin/journals/index.cgi bin/journals/index.cgi State Library KU Wheat Law Library
Committee Minutes – bin/committees/index.cgi. (2001-) bin/committees/index.cgi –Kansas Legislative Administrative Services must be contact at (785) for committee minutes from other years.
Kansas Legislative Interim Studies –Reports of Special Committees –ID “hot” issues –Published in print volumes starting in 1972 –Online at e.htm (2003-) e.htm
Senate and House Bills Text of bills Online from 1997/98 at bin/fulltext/index.cgi bin/fulltext/index.cgi “Supplemental Notes” can be a good research tool.
Kansas Attorney General Opinions 1957-current, Supreme Court Law Library & KU current, Lexis and Westlaw 1995-current, 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).