FINDING OHIO LEGISLATION


Prepared by Karen Kimber, Social Sciences and Humanities Team Leader
Paul Laurence Dunbar University, Wright State University

See also How the Ohio General Assembly Makes Laws

Bills and resolutions (full text and legislative status, except as noted)

Notes on bills and resolutions

• Gongwer News Service - 1995-present
• Ohio General Assembly - 1997-present
• Ohio Legislative Service Commission: Status Report of Legislation - 1997-present - status only

Committee hearings

• Transcripts of hearings are not published.

Senate and House reports

• Reports are not published.

General Assembly actions and votes

• Journal of the Senate ... of the State of Ohio - 2005-present
  • 1969-present (with some earlier vols.): Ohio Docs OGA 204.20:
• Journal of the House of Representatives ... of the State of Ohio - 2003-present
  • 1969-present (with some earlier vols.): Ohio Docs OGA 98.9:

Individual laws as enacted

Notes on individual laws

• Gongwer News Service - 1991-present
• Ohio General Assembly - 1995-present
• Baldwin's Ohio Legislative Service
  • 2001-present: Dunbar Ref KFO 31.B35
  • 1989-2000: SW Depository
  • 1971-1988: Dunbar 3rd floor KFO 31.B35
• Slip laws. Ohio Docs OGA 1/13/6-2:[bill no.] - 1981-present
• Acts of the State of Ohio. SW Depository KFO 30.A2 - 1845-46, 1854-1982

Ohio Revised Code

Notes on the Ohio Revised Code

• LexisNexis Academic - Provides Page's Ohio Revised Code Annotated
• Anderson's Ohio Ohio Online Docs - Provides an unannotated version of Page's Ohio Revised Code
  Also available through Gongwer News Service
• Baldwin's Ohio Revised Code Annotated. Ref KFO 30 1970 .A2

Background information about a particular bill or law

• Gongwer News Service - Provides news reports on Ohio legislation and government
• Ohio Legislative Service Commission: Bill Analysis
• America's Newspapers - Includes articles from 17 Ohio newspapers
• LexisNexis Academic - Choose U.S. News to search for news articles in Ohio newspapers

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