1. Finding Legislation: Using State Capitol Software Module 4, Class 2 A Teaching Module Developed by the Curriculum Task Force of the Sloan Work and Family Research Network

2. What are we looking for? Bills Statutes Congressional hearings
Case law

3. To locate bills by keyword
Go to
At the bottom of the left-hand navigation bar, click on State Capitol
Click on Bills
Click on “Bill Text by Keyword”
In the main search box, enter the keyword that you wish to search for, as well as any other criteria (state, date, etc.)
Click on “Search”

4. To locate bills by number
Go to
In the left-hand navigation bar, click on State Capitol
Click on Bills
Click on “Bill text by Bill Number”
In the main search box, enter the bill number, starting with the location of the introduction (i.e., House = HB, Senate = SB) followed by the number
Click on “Search”

5. To locate statutes by keyword
Go to
In the left-hand navigation bar, click on State Capitol
Click on Statutes
Click on “Search Statutes by Keyword”
In the main search box, enter the keyword that you wish to search for
Click on “Search”

6. To locate statutes by number
Go to
In the left-hand navigation bar, click on State Capitol
Click on Statutes
Click on “Search Statutes by Citation”
In the main search box, enter the statute number
Click on “Search”

7. Results list Your results will be presented to you in a list
You can sort the list by:
State
Relevance
Date