This page seeks to link to sites containing full-text state constitutions, statutes (called codes or compiled laws in some states), legislation (bills, amendments, etc.), session laws (bills that have become laws), and administrative rules. Updated 7/26/04.

The Internet is a good reference tool, but don't assume any information is accurate, complete or current; double-check it elsewhere before relying on it.

Alabama

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Administrative Code, Administrative Monthly

  Alaska

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code, Administrative Journal
• Statutes, Administrative Code
• Constitution

  American Samoa

• Constitution, statutes, Administrative Code
• Constitution

  Arizona

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Administrative Code, Administrative Register

  Arkansas

• Legislation, session laws
• Constitution, statutes Also legislation and session laws from previous sessions.
• Some administrative rules are online at a central site, but the information at the site is fragmentary. Some agencies have put their administrative rules online on their own sites. To see whether an agency's rules are available at the agency's site, choose the agency from the agency list and go to the agency's site.
• Arkansas Register

  California (For California only, session laws are called "statutes" and statutes are called "codes" to conform to California terminology)

• Codes
• Codes
• Legislation Legislative Counsel site.
• Legislation State Senate site; bills from both houses are available.
• Statutes
• Constitution
• Constitution, codes, legislation, statutes FTP
• Code of Regulations
• Regulatory Notice Register

  Colorado

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, rules and regulations Choose the "Colorado Revised Statutes" link for both constitution and statutes.

  Connecticut

• Statutes, legislation, session laws
• Statutes, session laws Statutes may not be as current as the statutes available by following the link immediately above this one.
• Constitution
• Some administrative rules are online. To see whether an agency's rules are online, choose the agency from the agency list and go to the agency's site.

  Delaware

• Constitution, statutes Java required. The Constitution text is part of the "Delaware Code" database.
• Legislation, Register of Regulations For the Register of Regulations, use the link labeled "Online Publications". A few Administrative Code provisions are also available.
• Administrative Code (partial)
• Constitution

  District of Columbia

• DC Code (Lexis) Java required.
• DC Code (West)
• Legislation: Council Period 15; archives Partial
• Legislation, session laws

  Florida

• Constitution, statutes, legislation
• Session laws ("General Laws"), Administrative Code, Administrative Weekly Session laws and Administrative Code are Adobe Acrobat files. (For HTML files of session laws, use the "Bill-to-Law cross reference" link on the page to find the bill number, then use the Florida legislation link listed above to get the final version of the bill.)

  Georgia

• Statutes
• Legislation, session laws
• Constitution
• Constitution Adobe Acrobat file (2.3 mb). There is an Adobe Acrobat file on another site that appears to have the same contents but is only 239 kb.
• Administrative Code

  Guam

• Statutes The links labeled "Section 1", "Section 2" and so on actually take you to Title 1, Title 2 and so on.
• Legislation, session laws

  Hawaii

• Statutes, legislation, session laws
• Constitution
• Administrative rules

  Idaho

• Constitution, statutes, legislation
• Constitution
• Administrative rules, Administrative Bulletin

  Illinois

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code, Illinois Register
  • For pre-2003 legislation, don't choose "Bills & Resolutions"--choose "Previous General Assemblies" instead.
  • The main page for each Administrative Code Title lists only Parts, not Chapters and Subchapters. To see where a Chapter or Subchapter begins, find the Table of Contents for the Title you seek. Other indices are available. You can also check the agency list to find an agency's website--the agency's rules may be available there.
• Constitution Annotated; published in 1996; Adobe Acrobat file.
• Constitution Adobe Acrobat file.
• Legislation, Administrative Code FTP
• Search Illinois state government sites

  Indiana

• Constitution
• Constitution
• Statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code, Indiana Register The Administrative Code is in WordPerfect (.wpd) file format--if you have trouble opening the files, here's help.

  Iowa

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code, Administrative Bulletin

  Kansas

• Statutes, legislation, enrolled bills They charge a fee to see session laws, but the corresponding enrolled bills are free.
• Constitution

  Kentucky

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, administrative regulations

  Louisiana

• Constitution, statutes, legislation
• Session laws
• Administrative Code, Louisiana Register

  Maine

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Constitution
• Administrative Code

  Maryland

• Constitution, statutes Java required. The Constitution text is part of the "Maryland Code" database.
• Legislation
• Statutes
• Session laws: 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; Rich text format (.rtf) files.
• Constitution
• Code of Maryland Regulations, Maryland Register

  Massachusetts

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws The House bill retrieval page has instructions for manually creating a URL to link to a bill. Ignore those instructions; they were written incorrectly. Use the bill number search or text search instead.
• Code of Massachusetts Regulations Partial

  Michigan

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws Choose the "Chapter Index" link to browse constitution and statutes.
• Administrative Code, Michigan Register

  Minnesota

• Constitution, statutes, session laws
• Legislation
• Administrative rules
• State Register

  Mississippi

• Constitution, statutes Java required. The Constitution text is part of the "Mississippi Code" database.
• Constitution, statutes Search
• Statutes Choose the link labeled "Table of Contents FREE"; browse; most of the other materials on the site are available only by paid subscription.
• Legislation You can go directly to bill text.
• Constitution Browse

  Missouri

• Constitution, statutes, legislation Use the links to the Senate site and House site for legislation from prior legislative sessions.
• Code of State Regulations, Missouri Register Adobe Acrobat files.

  Montana

• Constitution, statutes, legislation
• Administrative Register There is also a text-only version of the site.

  Nebraska

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Statutes Good for browsing the Chapters.
• Administrative Code

  Nevada

• Statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code, Nevada Register Statutes are called "Nevada Revised Statutes"; session laws are called "Statutes of Nevada".
• Constitution
• Constitution Annotated. A 1.8 mb file.

  New Hampshire

• Legislation
• Statutes
• Constitution
• Session laws: 2004; 2003; 2002; 2001
• Administrative rules, Rulemaking Register

  New Jersey

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws

  New Mexico

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, Administrative Code For the Constitution and Administrative Code, follow the link labeled "New Mexico Statutes".
• Administrative Code
• New Mexico Register

  New York

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws Senate site; information from both houses is available. Constitution has links to each Section.
• Constitution, statutes, session laws Assembly site; information from both houses is available. Constitution has links to each Article.
• Legislation Assembly site; information from both houses is available.
• Statutes
• Constitution Entire constitution in a single document.
• Constitution Adobe Acrobat file.
• Some administrative rules are online. To see whether an agency's rules are online, choose the agency from the agency list and go to the agency's site.

  North Carolina

• Statutes, legislation, session laws
• Constitution
• Administrative Code If you see a notice on the right side of your screen saying that the Official Administrative Code is available by subscription from West, don't worry about the notice--just navigate using the links on the left side of your screen and you will get the Administrative Code.
• North Carolina Register

  North Dakota

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code Adobe Acrobat files.
• Search North Dakota state government sites

  Northern Mariana Islands

• Constitution, session laws

  Ohio

• Constitution, statutes, session laws, Administrative Code
• Legislation
• Constitution
• Register of Ohio

  Oklahoma

• Constitution, statutes, legislation (Oklahoma Legislature) Rich text format (.rtf) files. Search constitution and statutes. Browse legislation.
• Constitution, statutes (Oklahoma Public Legal Research System) Search statutes. Search or browse constitution.
• Constitution, statutes (Oklahoma State Courts Network) Browse or search. The constitution and statutes are "citationized", meaning they link to decisions citing a section and also to some superseded versions of the section.
• Administrative Code, Oklahoma Register

  Oregon

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Constitution
• Administrative rules, Oregon Bulletin

  Pennsylvania

• Statutes, session laws Only portions of the statutes are available. (This is not a link to the Pennsylvania Code. The Pennsylvania Code contains regulations, not statutes. The link to the Pennsylvania Code appears below.)
• Legislation, session laws For session laws, don't click on the link labeled "Session Laws"--it will take you to laws that are over 200 years old. Instead, click on the link labeled "Legislation Enacted Since 1975"--it will take you to recent session laws.
• Constitution
• Constitution The site also has research materials.
• Regulations Pennsylvania Code (not statutes).
• Pennsylvania Bulletin

  Puerto Rico

• Some materials (all in Spanish) are available on the sites of the Senate, the House of Representatives and agencies.
• Session laws; partial statutes Spanish. The page automatically launches a MIDI file, so mute your speakers if you have a MIDI plug-in installed and you don't want to hear the music.
• Constitution English
• Constitution English

  Rhode Island

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Constitution
• Rules and Regulations
• Search Rhode Island state government sites

  South Carolina

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, regulations, State Register You may need to browse the tabs labeled "Research" and "Publications" to find what you need.
• Legislation

  South Dakota

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, administrative rules, South Dakota Register Search or browse statutes. Choose the "South Dakota Codified Laws" link for the constitution and statutes. Choose the "Administrative Rules" link for the South Dakota Register.
• Constitution, statutes Java required. The Constitution text is part of the "South Dakota Codified Laws" database.
• Search South Dakota state government sites

  Tennessee

• Constitution, statutes Java required. The Constitution text is part of the "Tennessee Code" database.
• Legislation, session laws ("chaptered bills")
• Constitution Adobe Acrobat file
• Rules and Regulations
• Administrative Register

  Texas

• Constitution, statutes, legislation Also lists of enrolled, signed, and vetoed bills.
• Constitution, statutes, legislation FTP
• Administrative Code
• Texas Register
• Texas Register
• Search Texas state government sites

  Utah

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Constitution, statutes Java required. The Constitution text is part of the "Utah Code" database.
• Administrative rules, State Bulletin

  Vermont

• Constitution, statutes Java required. The Constitution text is part of the "Vermont Code" database.
• Constitution, legislation, session laws
• Search Vermont state government sites

  U.S. Virgin Islands

• Statutes
• Legislation Adobe Acrobat files. Use the "Bill Summary" link for a numerical list of bills with links to bill text. (In fact, when I last checked, the "Bill Summary" link was the only link in the navigation frame that worked.)

  Virginia

• Statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code
• Constitution Adobe Acrobat file.
• Constitution
• Register of Regulations
• Search Virginia state government sites

  Washington

• Statutes, Administrative Code
• Statutes, Administrative Code, Constitution
• Legislation
• Constitution
• Constitution
• State Register

  West Virginia

• Statutes, session laws, legislation, session laws If you have problems with the navigation on that page, use this page instead. Bill text is in WordPerfect (.wpd) file format--if you have trouble opening the files, here's help.
• Constitution
• Constitution It can also be accessed through a search form.
• Code of State Rules, West Virginia Register If you see a price next to a rule, don't worry. The rules are now free.

  Wisconsin

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code, Administrative Register
• Search Wisconsin state government sites

  Wyoming

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws The Constitution text is part of the statute database.
• Administrative rules
• Search Wyoming state government sites

  Misc

• Drafts of Uniform and Model Acts (from NCCUSL)
• Suggested State Legislation (from CSG)
• State laws by topic (from Cornell)