- Introductory Materials
- Statutes
- Session Laws
- Bills: Assembly | Senate
- Bill and Veto Jackets
- Journals: Assembly | Senate
- Reports: Assembly | Senate
- Public Hearing Transcripts: Assembly | Senate
- Session Proceedings | Transcripts of Floor Debates: Assembly | Senate
- Resolutions: Assembly | Senate
- Sponsors' Memoranda: Assembly | Senate
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Introductory Materials
Statutes
Current Consolidated (Organized by Subject) and Unconsolidated Laws
- Legislative Retrieval System (LRS)
- Public access: http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/lawssrch.cgi?NVLWO:
- On-network (Senate/Assembly) subscription access: http://leginfo.state.ny.us/asmsen/lawssrch.cgi?NVLWO:
- Off-network subscription access: https://nyslrs.state.ny.us/
- New York State Senate website
Annotated
- McKinney's: Westlaw and Main Reading Room | North Conference Room
- CLS (Consolidated Laws Service): Lexis+ and North 1
Consolidated Laws of 1909. Chapters in the 1909 Laws of New York refer to the 1909 eight-volume consolidation.
1808, 1819-present (5-year delay) / Organized by Year, then Chapter Number
Session Laws
Organized by Year, then Chapter Number
Bills
Assembly Bills
1999-present
- Bill Search (Assembly website)
1995-present
- Legislative Retrieval System (LRS): Public | Legislative Staff
1832-present
- Print | Bill Room and South 3
Senate Bills
2009-present
- Advanced Legislation Search (Senate website)
1995-present
- Legislative Retrieval System (LRS): Public | Legislative Staff
1832-present
- Print | Bill Room and South 3
1947-1977
- Microform held by Inventory and Records Management
Bill and Veto Jackets
Bill Jackets: 1905, 1921-2001: microform | Bill Room ; some in NYSL Digital Collections
- Organized by Year, then Chapter Number
Veto Jackets: 1975-2001: microform | Bill Room
- Organized by Year, then Veto Number
Veto Jackets pre-1975: microform | NYSL ; print | NYSA
- Organized by Year, then Introduction Number
Bill and Veto Jackets: 1992-2022: NYS Archives Digital Collection
- 2023-2024: Contact the NYS Archives
Bill and Veto Jackets for the Current Year
- Available in January of the following year by calling the Legislative Secretary to the Governor's Counsel: 518-474-7182
- In the current year, bill jackets are incomplete, open working documents that are still being added to. You may submit a FOIL request for the incomplete bill jacket: https://www.governor.ny.gov/freedom-information-law-foil-requests
Journals
Reports
Assembly Reports
Legislative Reports: 2001-present
Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York: 1830-1918
Legislative documents / State of New York: 1919-1976
Ways & Means Committee Reports: 2001-present
Committee Reports: 2001-present
- Search the LL Catalog for older reports
- Search the NYSL Catalog
- Search the NYSL Digital Collections
Senate Reports
Documents of the Senate of the State of New York: 1830-1918
Legislative documents / State of New York: 1919-1975
- New York State Senate Open Data : Committee Reports 2017-present
- Search the LL Catalog for reports
- Search the NYSL Catalog
- Search the NYSL Digital Collections
Public Hearing Transcripts
Assembly Hearings
2005-present
1953-2011
- Microform | State Room
- Arranged by Hearing date
- Indexed in the Legislative Library Catalog
Senate Hearings
2011-present
- Advanced Legislation Search: change Content Type to Public Hearing Transcripts
- Video recordings are available via the Senate’s YouTube channels @NYSenate and @nysenateuncut
1953-2011
- Microform | State Room
- Arranged by Hearing date
- Indexed in the Legislative Library Catalog
Session Proceedings | Transcripts of Floor Debates
Assembly Debates
Assembly Debate Indexes (1974-2021)
Information needed to locate: Bill Number and Year + date passed Assembly or date of third reading (from LRS or Legislative Digest)
- 1974-1991
- 1976-1988
- Full Text transferred from archival CD-ROMs
- 1989-1993
- Full Text digitized from print
- Federal Room (print | boxed)
- 1994-2006
- call Assembly Public Information Office: 518-455-4218
- 2007-present
Senate Debates
Senate Debate Indexes (1955-2009)
Information needed to locate: Bill Number and Year + date passed Senate or date of third reading (from LRS or Legislative Digest)
- 1993-present
- New York State Senate Open Legislation*
- *API Key registration may be required. After email validation, use the API key to access the database.
- New York State Senate Open Legislation*
- 1993-present
- New York State Senate Advanced Legislation Search: change Content Type to Session Transcripts
- Video recordings are available via the Senate’s YouTube channels @NYSenate and @nysenateuncut
- 1960-1992
- Microform held by Inventory and Records Management
- 1954-1979 ; 1984 ; 1992-2009
Resolutions
Assembly Resolutions
Senate Resolutions
2009-present
- Advanced Legislation Search: change Content Type to Resolutions
1905-1984
1987-2007
- Microform held by Inventory and Records Management
Sponsors' Memoranda
Please note that Sponsors' (or Introducers') Memoranda were not required by the Senate until 1973. The Assembly began requiring Sponsors' Memoranda in 1974.
Assembly Memoranda
1995-current
- Legislative Retrieval System (LRS): Public | Legislative Staff
1946-current
1983/84-2009/10
- Microform | Bill Room
- Also available in Bill Jackets
Senate Memoranda
1995-current
- Legislative Retrieval System (LRS): Public | Legislative Staff
1946-current
1983/84-2009/10
- Microform | Bill Room
- Also available in Bill Jackets