LibGuides: Legislative History Research: Step 6: Other Sources

Other Sources for Legislative History Research

Other possible avenues of legislative history research include:

House Research Department Bill Summaries (1975-2008), summarize main provisions of bills and compare House bills with companion Senate bills.
Personal papers of legislators influential in the passage of the bill. Search both the MNHS catalog and finding aids.
Contemporary newspaper articles about the issues raised by the bill. See the Newspaper Collection for information on searching Minnesota newspapers.
Records or publications of state agencies, political parties, or groups concerned with the legislation. Search both the MNHS catalog and finding aids.

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