State Legislatures

States vary in their approach to putting their legislatures online. Some have one page for the legislature as a whole, some have separate pages for the state senate and the state house of representatives or assembly, and some are unicameral.

Generally, legislative pages give visitors legislative calendars, brief biographies of legislators and data on their districts, information on bills being considered, summaries of committee discussion, and searchable access to databases of bills and existing laws. Several feature current awareness services such as news feeds and e-mail notification of developments.

Imbedded within legislative pages or on separate pages are agencies that serve the legislature such as:

• Legislative reference libraries provide legislators and the public with background resources on bills under consideration and archival material.
  
  
• Legislative auditors or analysts review and report on state agencies, their programs and policies objectively for accountability and fiscal responsibility with the goal of improving performance and saving taxpayer dollars.

Alabama	Alabama House of Representatives Alabama Legislature Alabama Senate Legislative Reference Service
Alaska	Alaska Division of Legislative Audit Alaska State Legislature
Arizona	Arizona Legislature Auditor General
Arkansas	Arkansas General Assembly
California	California Law Revision Commission Legislative Analyst's Office Legislative Counsel of California Official California Legislative Information State Assembly State Senate
Colorado	State Legislature Information
Connecticut	Connecticut General Assembly Office of Legislative Research
Delaware	Delaware State Legislature
Florida	Auditor General Florida Legislature Florida Monitor: Government Accountability Report Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
Georgia	Budgetary Responsibility Oversight Committee Research Office Georgia General Assembly
Hawaii	Hawaii Legislature Legislative Reference Bureau Legislative Reference Bureau Library
Idaho	Idaho Legislative Office of Performance Evaluations Idaho Legislature
Illinois	Illinois General Assembly Legislative Information
Indiana	Indiana General Assembly
Iowa	Iowa Legislature Legislative Fiscal Bureau
Kansas	Kansas Legislative Branch
Kentucky	Kentucky Legislature
Louisiana	Legislative Auditor Louisiana House of Representatives Louisiana Senate Louisiana State Legislature
Maine	Legislative Branch State Law and Legislative Reference Library
Maryland	Department of Legislative Services General Assembly Office of Legislative Audits
Massachusetts	The Great and General Court
Michigan	Auditor General House of Representatives Michigan Legislature Office of Regulatory Reform State Senate
Minnesota	House of Representatives Information System Legislative Auditor Legislative Reference Library Minnesota State Legislature Office of the Revisor of Statutes Senate
Mississippi	Legislative Bill Status System Legislative PEER Committee Mississippi State Legislature
Missouri	Missouri General Assembly Missouri House of Representatives Missouri State Senate
Montana	Montana Legislative Audit Division Montana Legislative Branch
Nebraska	Nebraska Legislature
Nevada	Nevada State Legislature
New Hampshire	New Hampshire General Court
New Jersey	New Jersey State Legislature
New Mexico	New Mexico Legislature
New York	New York State Assembly New York State Senate
North Carolina	North Carolina General Assembly
North Dakota	North Dakota Legislative Branch
Ohio	Ohio General Assembly Ohio House of Representatives Ohio Joint Legislative Ethics Committee Ohio Senate
Oklahoma	House of Representatives House of Representatives Media Division Legislative Service Bureau State Senate
Oregon	Oregon State Legislature
Pennsylvania	Center for Rural Pennsylvania General Assembly House of Representatives State Senate
Rhode Island	Auditor General Rhode Island General Assembly
South Carolina	South Carolina Legislature
South Dakota	Department of Legislative Audit Legislative Research Council
Tennessee	Tennessee General Assembly
Texas	Legislative Budget Board Legislative Council Legislative Reference Library Sunset Advisory Commission Texas House of Representatives Texas Legislature Online Texas Senate
Utah	Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst Utah State Legislature
Vermont	Vermont Legislature
Virginia	Joint Commission on Technology and Science Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission Virginia General Assembly
Washington	Washington Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee Washington State Legislature
West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature
Wisconsin	Wisconsin Legislature
Wyoming	Wyoming State Legislature

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