Session laws
Session laws are the acts a legislature passes each session, in the order passed, before they are placed in the code. Federal acts are published in the Statutes at Large.
Where are the acts as passed?
- United States (federal)
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Idaho
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- North Carolina
- South Dakota
Each link opens the official site in a new tab. We checked every link on October 20, 2026. A place without a page we could check is not listed. The codes themselves are in the law library under Statutes.
How are session laws different from the code?
When a legislature passes a bill and it becomes law, the act is published in the session laws in the order it passed, with its own act or chapter number. The code then places each part of the act under the subject it belongs to, so the code shows the law in force, arranged by topic.
Session laws show what an act said when it passed, including parts the code leaves out, such as effective dates and short titles. Federal acts are published in the Statutes at Large; the U.S. Code and the state codes are in this law library under Statutes.
What other lists does the law library keep?
The law library keeps one list like this for each kind of official source: court forms by state, court rules by state, business entity search, attorney general opinions, jury instructions and federal agency decisions.
