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Texas Statutes Online
- Texas Statutes and Codes Annotated (Nexis Uni)Texas Statutes & Codes Annotated (LexisNexis) includes all laws of a general and permanent nature, as enacted by the Texas Legislature.
> To search a specific code include a Heading term in your search. Example: Heading(penal code) and alcohol.
> To browse: Menu > All Sources > Texas Statutes > click on title link. - Texas Laws, Past and PresentTime Line with links to online sources of current and historical Texas Laws.
From the Legislative Reference Library of Texas. - Texas Advance Legislative ServiceContains the full text of all laws enacted during a legislative session.
Texas Statutes in Print
- Texas Rules of Court (State & Federal)Location: JPL 3rd Floor KFT1230.5 .V465 (2023)
- Vernon's Annotated Constitution of the State of TexasLocation: JPL 3rd Floor KFT1230 .A2 1876a (v.1-3)
- Texas Alcohol Laws and Regulations (online)Includes proposed rules.
Texas Statutes: Historical
- Texas Laws, Past and PresentTime Line with links to online sources of current and historical Texas Laws. From the Legislative Reference Library of Texas.
- Gammel's The Laws of Texas (1822-1921) (33 volumes)Consists of documents covering each congressional and legislative session and other documents of significance, including constitutions, select journals from the constitutional conventions, and early colonization laws. Also first 11 volumes available in print in Special Collections.
- Old Code, 1856-57The legislature authorized the revision of the statutes and eventually adopted two codes—Penal and Criminal Procedure. Often cited as "O.C." These two codes were the first official codified statutes produced by the legislature. From Legislative Reference Center of Texas.
- White's Penal Code Vol.1 (revised)HathiTrust. Also Vol.2
Embracing all penal legislation down to and including the acts of the Legislature of 1915 - Texas Historical Statutes (1879–1960)Beginning in 1879, the Texas Legislature approved the Revised Civil Statutes in addition to the body of criminal statutes. Scans from the Texas State Law Library.
- Historical Texas Statutes and Constitutions: Official Codified LawsGuide from the Texas State Law Library.
- Laws of the Republic of TexasIn Print in Rare Books and microfilm.
Texas Session Laws
- General and Special Laws of the State of TexasLocation: JPL 3rd Floor KFT1225 .A23 (52nd Legislature 1951 - Current Legislature) (no longer received)
Session laws of Texas. The official bound volumes of the laws enacted during each session. For more information on session laws see Legislative Reference Library of Texas. - Historical Texas Statutes and ConstitutionsTexas State Law Library
Links of text of historical Statutes, Session Laws (1822-2017), Bills (1879-current) and Constitutions. - General and Special Laws of the State of TexasTexas Session Laws 1879 - 1981. From LLMC Digital.
Texas Administrative Code (Regulations)
- Texas Administrative CodeA compilation of all Texas state agency rules and regulations under 16 titles. Each title represents a category and assigned agencies. Browse current volumes or search all regulations back to 1999.
- Texas Register2000-current
Texas Register Archive: Portal of Texas History (1976-2022)
Online version of the Texas Register. Includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and more.
- Nexis Uni (LexisNexis) This link opens in a new windowChoose Menu > All Sources > TX - Texas Administrative Code > choose either Browse or Add to Search
(current version only)
Statutes and Legislation of Other States
- State Legislature Websites - Congress.govInformation from legislative websites for U.S. States and Territories.
- FindLawContains resources and internet links for both State and Federal codes and constitutions. Availability of historic materials varies by State.
- Legal Information Institute: Constitutions, Statutes & CodesCornell University Law School.
Links to free internet versions of state constitutions and codes. - Advance Legislative Service (ALS)Contains the full text of all laws enacted during a legislative session for 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands.
- State Legislative History Research GuidesAn index of state legislatures and online legislative history research guides from Indiana University, Bloomington.
- NCSL 50-State Searchable Bill DatabasesNational Conference of State Legislation.
Excellent source for legislative information from all 50 states, commonwealths and territories. NCSL is a bipartisan organization.
Texas Constitution
- Texas Constitution (Texas Legislature Online)An online version of the current constitution. It can be downloaded in its entirety, viewed by article, or searched.
Also see database of constitutional amendments (proposed & accepted) to the Texas Constitution. - Texas Legislative Council Online PublicationsTexas Constitution, Amendments since 1876, proposed amendments, process and procedures, more
- Vernon's Annotated Constitution of the State of TexasLocation: JPL 3rd Floor KFT1230 .A2 1876a (v.1-3)
- Nexis Uni (LexisNexis) This link opens in a new windowFor Texas Constitution go to
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or select Texas Constitution in "A Publication" box
- Texas Constitution Digitization ProjectTwelve versions of Texas Constitutions dating from 1824-1876. Includes search engine.
- Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas1875 (from HathiTrust) (also available through LLMC)