This research guide outlines the legal resources available at the NJ State Library. The focus is on NJ related materials, but we also have Federal legal resources.
A legislative history is a compilation of the documents which express the purpose or intent behind the passage of a particular law. The State Library compiles histories on all New Jersey laws which are general and permanent. Appropriations, temporary and executed, and repealer acts are excluded.
The official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
Official source for federal legislative information, including bills, laws, committee information, committee reports, the Congressional Record, roll call votes and profiles and contact information for members of Congress.