Oregon Legislative History Guides
For resources on compiling an Oregon legislative history, consult the following research guides:
- Oregon Legislative History ResearchA step-by-step guide to performing Oregon legislative history research.
Boley Law Library
- How to Compile an Oregon Legislative History (Updated April 2019)Our step by step guide to finding legislative history from the 1800's to the present.
- Compiling an Online Legislative History, 2007-PresentBoley Law Library
Tutorial prepared by intern Lori Lieberman - Oregon Legislative History : Tracking the Legislative History of a LawWillamette University, College of Law Library
Oregon Legislature
- Oregon Legislature HomepageIncludes search engines for statutes, laws and bills, as well as calendar, committees, and legislators.
- Oregon Legislative CounselLegislative Counsel drafts all legislative measures and amendments to measures considered by the Legislative Assembly; renders legal opinions and provides informal legal advice to members, committees and staff.
- Summary of LegislationCoverage: 2001-2018
Oregon Law Commission
- Oregon Law CommissionThe Oregon Law Commission was created in 1997 by the Legislative Assembly to conduct a continuous program of law reform. There are many methods for reforming Oregon laws, including simplifying, modernizing, and consolidating statutory provisions. In addition, the Commission proposes new substantive and procedural provisions to improve and fill gaps in Oregon law.
Oregon Revised Statutes
- Oregon Revised StatutesOregon State Legislature
- ORS ArchivesCoverage: 1999-2017
Oregon State Legislature - ORS ArchivesCoverage: 1953-1997
Oregon State Legislature - Oregon Revised StatutesFree version of ORS.
Incorporates notes of decision.
Oregon Session Laws, Bills, and Initiatives
- Oregon Senate Bills 1971-2013Print bills located in the Oregon collection
- Oregon House Bills 1971-2013Print bills located in the Oregon collection
- Initiative and Referendum ResultsCoverage: 1902-Present
Oregon Blue Book - Oregon Voters' Pamphlet ProjectCoverage: Special Elections (1913-Present); Primary Elections (2004-Present, all counties); General Elections (1904-Present, Marion County only)
Oregon State Library - Oregon Election HistoryCoverage: 2004-Present
Oregon Secretary of State
Oregon House, Senate & Committee Records
- Oregon Legislative Audio and VideoCoverage: 1999-Present
Located under Media Archive
Oregon State Legislature
Subscription Databases for Oregon Statutes
The L&C Law School community has a number of subscription database options for accessing Oregon statutes.
Fastcase, HeinOnline and LLMC Digital are provided for free to the L&C Law School community without a password. Just click on the links below for both on and off-campus access.
Individual passwords are required for WestlawNext, Lexis, and Bloomberg Law. Passwords are distributed to new students at the beginning of the school year. Questions? Ask a reference librarian.
- Fastcase This link opens in a new window
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new window HeinOnline is a research database with more than 100 million pages of legal history and law journals available in an online, fully searchable, image-based format.
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