- 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
- 518-455-3233
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: 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
- 1960-2009
- Microform held by Inventory and Records Management
- 518-455-3233
- 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
- 518-455-3233
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