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This was a presentation for the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries, presented on July 14, 2013. The presenters were Ashley Ahlbrand, Jennifer Morgan, and Cindy Dabney of Indiana University's Maurer School of Law. Michelle Cosby, of North Carolina Central University School of Law, moderated.
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Morgan, speaker Dabney, speaker Ahlbrand, speaker Cosby, moderator
STATE CONSTITUTIONS CURRENT, HISTORICAL, & HOW
THEY CHANGE
Ashley Ahlbrand [email protected]
Educational Technology
Librarian
•Researches emerging technology in legal education
•Implements technology-related projects
•Teaches LRW •Ask her about her dog!
AGENDA
Locating State Constitutions: Current, Historical
Researching State Constitutional Amendment Processes:
Culmination: Research Guide on State Constitutions
→ Legislative Proposal → Revision Commission → Constitutional Convention → Initiative Petition
STATE CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT
Statutory codes Annotated - In Print - In Databases
- LexisNexis Academic
- Lexis, Westlaw & Bloomberg
- On State Websites Wisconsin Alaska
Official State Websites
- Text by article
- Indiana, - Illinois, - Ohio,
- Text in entirety - Washington
NBER/Maryland State
Constitutions Project Research Guides State Websites
HISTORICAL RESEARCH
• Sources and Documents of United States Constitutions (Swindler)
• Publications on individual states
Electronic
SECONDARY SOURCES
Reference Guides to the State Constitutions of The United States
Book of the States (Council of State Governments) Online and in print
SECONDARY SOURCES La
w Jo
urna
ls
• Topical •ex: William &
Mary’s Bill of Rights Journal
• State-Centric •ex:
Washington Law Review
Inde
xes
&
Full-
Text
Dat
abas
es
• Index to Legal Periodicals
• LegalTrac • Hein Online • Lexis &
Westlaw • LexisNexis
Academic
Stat
e Bi
blio
grap
hies
•GD-SIS State Bibliographies •Spinelli’s
Law Librarians’ Reference Shelf (HeinOnline)
WHAT ELSE TO CONSIDER?
State Bar Journals •Resource: HeinOnline Bar Journals Library
News Sources •ex: LexisNexis Academic, ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Blogs •Constitutional Law Prof Blog •BlawgSearch > Constitutional Law Blogs
Jennifer Morgan [email protected]
Documents Librarian
•Specializes in researching Government Information
•Teaches LRW, ALR, Gov Docs, everywhere and all. the. time.
•Government Documents crusader and LibGuides enthusiast
RESEARCHING AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS
Legislative Proposal
Revision Commission
Constitutional Convention
Initiative Petition
Indiana Constitution
Legislative Proposal
RESEARCHING AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS
Published in Indiana Acts
Legislative Proposal
RESEARCHING AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS
LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS
Session Laws
Legislative Journals
Bills & Resolutions
Committee Records
Policy & Interim Study Committees
Where to Find Session Laws Libraries 1816 to current in print, Law
Library (IU Maurer School of Law)
Session Laws -- [name of state] (subject search)
Official Legislative Websites
Indiana General Assembly website, 2000 to current
Noncode acts, 1807 to current, incomplete
HeinOnline Session Law Library
Session laws for all 50 U.S. states
Current within 60 days of the printed publication and date back to inception
SESSION LAWS
LEGISLATIVE JOURNALS
Legislative Journal Indexes
• Subject matter • Table of Contents • Membership and sponsor
information, including committees and roll calls
• Summaries of bills and resolutions
• Chronological histories of bills and resolutions
• Vetoed Bills • Proposed constitutional
amendments • Synopses of legislative action
LEGISLATIVE JOURNALS
Where to Find Legislative Journals
Libraries Law Library (IU Maurer School of Law)
House Journal (1827-1828; 1857-current)
Senate Journal (1928-current, incomplete)
Legislative Journals – [name of state]
Official Legislative Websites
Indiana General Assembly
House Journal (2004-current)
Senate Journal (2005-current)
Historical Digitized
A collection of nineteenth century Indiana legislative journals from the Indiana State Library is accessible from the Internet Archive
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Introduced Bill Amendments Engrossed Bill Enrolled Act
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Where to Find Bills & Resolutions
Libraries Law Library (IU Maurer School of Law) > 1951 to current in print
Bills, Legislative--[name of state] (subject search)
State Legislative Body Websites
Free access to all full text bills & resolutions from current legislative session
Indiana General Assembly > bill text and tracking back to 1999
Free 50-state bill text & tracking databases
BillTrack50.com, GovTrack.us, OpenStates.org
Search, browse, track, and update
The Usual Suspects Lexis
Westlaw
BloombergLaw
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS & COMMITTEE RECORDS
Testimony Hearing Transcripts Reports Debate Votes
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE RECORDS
Testimony Hearings Transcripts Reports Debate Votes
Where to Find Committee Records
Indiana General Assembly Washington State Legislature
Topical Index for Joint Resolutions Detailed Legislative Reports - Bill Summary
All States Manz. Guide to State Legislation, Legislative History, and Administrative Materials
Research Guides! State Legislative History Research Guides: An index of state legislatures and online legislative history research guides
COMMITTEE RECORDS WHAT ELSE TO CONSIDER?
Digital Collections
• Brevier Legislative Reports (Indiana) • House and Senate,
transcripts of debates and speeches, 1858 to 1887
• Georgia Legislative Documents • Acts & Resolutions 1799-
1999 • FDLP Digitization Projects
Registry, an additional resource for discovering digitized state documents
Audio & Video
• Indiana General Assembly • Live Streaming • House Video Archive • Senate Video Archive • Ways and Means Committee
Archive • Interim Study Committees
and Commissions video • Check individual interim
committee pages for links to view video of interim committee meetings
POLICY OR INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEES
Indiana General
Assembly Website
• Current Interim Study Committees • Interim Archives (dating back to 1998)
Party or Caucus Websites
• Indiana Senate Democratic Caucus • Indiana Senate Republican Caucus • Indiana House Democrats • Indiana House Republicans • Audio and video files of Interim Committee
meetings, presentations, member statements, and press opportunities
• The Briefing Room (Indiana Senate Democrat’s blog)
Cindy Dabney [email protected]
Outreach Services Librarian
•Teaches LRW •Blogger and videographer •Liaises outside the Law
School •Ask her about Leopold Loeb!
RESEARCHING AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS
Constitutional Convention
States that don't provide for
conventions
• Indiana •Arizona •New Jersey •Arkansas •Mississippi •Texas •Vermont
RESEARCHING AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS
Where to Find Records of Constitutional Conventions --- Journals and Proceedings
State Constitutional Conventions, Commissions, and Amendments, 1776-1988
Search Library Catalog for print holdings
Constitutional history Indiana (in subject)
Constitutional Conventions—[state]
[State]—Constitutional Convention—[year]
Digitized, available online
Indiana
Maryland
Pennsylvania Constitution Web Page, Duquesne University School of Law
RESEARCHING AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS
Where to Find Revision Commission Documents
Current and Regular Revision Commissions
Florida Constitution Revision Commission - Dictated by Florida Constitution
Alabama Law Institute
Digitized or Archived Collections
Ohio
California
Idaho
South Dakota
Library Catalogs IUCAT
WorldCat
HathiTrust
RESEARCHING AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS
Amendment by Initiative Petition
Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi
Florida, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota
Initiative Process in California
•Writing the Amendment Text •Request for title •Estimate impact on revenues or costs
to government •Approval for Circulation •Circulation Period, etc. •Public Hearings
Search for Documents
• Text of proposed amendment •Drafting documents from Legislative
Counsel, Attorney General, Secretary of State
• Ballot title and summary • Fiscal Analysis •Record or Transcripts of Hearings •Official ballot statements or pamphlets •Newspaper materials
RESEARCHING AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS
Amendment by Initiative Petition • Ohio • California
Request for Title: California Initiative Amendment
Summary and Title from Attorney General: California Initiative Amendment
Fiscal Impact Estimate: California Initiative Amendment
Circulating Petition: California Initiative Amendment
Circulating Pamphlets: California Initiative Amendment (not “official” – circulated by advocacy groups, etc.)
Secondary Sources for Information on Ballot Initiatives: Blogs, Newspapers, etc.
IN CONCLUSION
QUESTIONS?
Ashley Ahlbrand [email protected]
Jennifer Morgan [email protected]
Cindy Dabney [email protected]
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