Search each two-year session by bill number, keyword or author. Includes full text of all version of bills, resolutions and constitutional amendments. Also included are status, history, vote analyses and veto messages.less

UC Hastings Law Library Research Guide provides direction on finding and updating current California regulations as well as finding superseded regulations and regulatory history.less

Includes information for California Ballot Propositions from 1980 to present. Updates follow every California election involving ballot measures. The description includes the bolded number of the proposition, the title(s) for the ballot measures as printed as the heading in the voter pamphlet and any additional popular or alternative names of acts are listed in parenthesis. Finally, the statutes and bill numbers are included for ballot measures created by legislative effort.less

California laws currently in effect, arranged by subject into 29 codes. Searchable by code name and keyword but not annotated.

The California Law Revision Commission is an independent state agency that assists the Legislature and Governor by examining California law and recommending needed reforms.The database includes active studies as well as recommendations.less

Via IGS web site. The IGS Library maintains a large depository collection of local ordinance codes and charters issued by California cities and counties and this page provides a list of currently available codes and charters issued in loose-leaf format. Links are provided to electronic versions of these documents, when available.less

The Senate Office of Research (SOR) is a nonpartisan office responsible for tracking emerging state and federal issues and acting as a liaison with think tanks and academic institutions. The site includes pdfs of both research reports and studies commissioned by SOR.less

Official website of the California State Assembly.

Official website of the California State Senate.

Profiles of state legislators (Senate and Assembly), constitutional officers, state Supreme Court and appellate court justices, and representatives to the U.S. Congress. Overviews and essays on major players and events influencing the state's branches of government, including lobbyists and the media. Also includes: information on the state budget; maps of assembly, Board of Equalization, and Congressional and Senate districts; tables of state data, including gubernatorial elections, economics, and the history office holders. Note: It may not include the current year, check most recent coverage dates.less

The LAO is a nonpartisan office that provides fiscal and policy analysis to the California Legislature.

California State Assembly archive of California statutes (session laws) in pdf format. Also includes Final Histories, Legislative Index and Table of Sections Affected 1881 - 2007 and Assembly Journals 1849 - 2007. Selecting the volume from the drop-down list on the left produces a table of contents in the main frame. Despite their appearance, table of contents entries are live links. File sizes can be quite large, and the page may appear to freeze as the PDF downloads. If accessing from the Library's public access terminals, use a PC on LL2 (not Macs).less

Online, searchable access to over 100 practice guides and action guides by CEB, a leading publisher of California legal commentary and analysis. Includes links to cited California statutes and cases.less

Open States, a project of the Sunlight Foundation, is a collection of tools that make it possible to track not only what is happening in your own state's legislature but in the legislatures of all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Research bills, review voting records, contact elected officials and more. The site is free and includes video trainings and tutorials.less

California laws arranged chronologically. Searchable by chapter number or keyword.

Via HeinOnline. Lists surveys of state laws published since 1960 in articles, books, websites and other sources. Works are listed by topic, with a brief annotation describing coverage, depth and other details. You can browse the subject headings or search for keywords in annotations. Based on Cheryl Rae Nyberg's annual bibliographies of the same title (KF240 .F67 [Reference Desk]).less

A comprehensive array of analysis, news, primary sources, and practice tools covering state tax issues and financial accounting.

This weekly report provides state-by-state analysis of state code and regulations, state administrative and judicial court decisions, and state administrative pronouncements. It covers income and franchise taxes, sales and use taxes, property taxes, miscellaneous taxes (including gross receipts taxes, excise taxes, and others), and other developments.less

The California Secretary of State maintains an archive of Ballot Pamphlets and Voter Information Guides from March 1996 to the present.