Legislative Resources

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

• HathiTrust Digital Library
• New York State Library Digital Collection
• HeinOnline
• Main Reading Room | North Conference Room

Bills

1999-present

• Bill Search (Assembly website)

1995-present

• Legislative Retrieval System (LRS): Public | Legislative Staff

1832-present

• Print | Bill Room and South 3

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: 1993-2021: NYS Archives Digital Collection

  • 2022/2023: 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