1. Kansas Legislative History

2. Kansas Statutes Annotated Get Session Law Number Kansas Session Laws Bill # New & Old Language Senate & House Journals Committee Minutes Interim Studies Bills

3. Kansas Statutes Annotated http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv- statutes/index.dohttp://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv- statutes/index.do Look at the annotations for “Historical Notes” L.1991, ch. 295 –L. Is the legislative session (year) –ch. is the chapter (each new law is a chapter)

4. Sessions Laws of Kansas Published each July Online from 1996 http://www.kslegislature.org/cgi- bin/sessionlaws/index.cgi http://www.kslegislature.org/cgi- bin/sessionlaws/index.cgi

5. Senate and House Journals Procedural History Online since 1997 at http://www.kslegislature.org/cgi- bin/journals/index.cgi http://www.kslegislature.org/cgi- bin/journals/index.cgi State Library KU Wheat Law Library

6. Committee Minutes –http://www.kslegislature.org/cgi- bin/committees/index.cgi. (2001-)http://www.kslegislature.org/cgi- bin/committees/index.cgi –Kansas Legislative Administrative Services must be contact at (785) 296-2391 for committee minutes from other years.

7. Kansas Legislative Interim Studies –Reports of Special Committees –ID “hot” issues –Published in print volumes starting in 1972 –Online at http://skyways.lib.ks.us/ksleg/KLRD/Committe e.htm (2003-) http://skyways.lib.ks.us/ksleg/KLRD/Committe e.htm

8. Senate and House Bills Text of bills Online from 1997/98 at http://www.kslegislature.org/cgi- bin/fulltext/index.cgi http://www.kslegislature.org/cgi- bin/fulltext/index.cgi “Supplemental Notes” can be a good research tool.

9. Kansas Attorney General Opinions 1957-current, Supreme Court Law Library & KU 1977- current, Lexis and Westlaw 1995-current, www.kscourts.org/ksagwww.kscourts.org/ksag Prior to 1957, call the AG’s Office

10. Need more help? Joseph Custer, Kansas Legal Research and Reference Guide (3d ed. 2003). Richard E. Levy & Robert A. Mead, Using Legislative History as a Tool of Statutory Construction in Kansas, 71 J. Kan. B. Ass’n. 35 (2002).