Maryland Resources

Maryland General Assembly:

• Legislation by Session: Covers bills from 1996 to present.
  • You can find a bill or a joint resolution by: bill number, bill sponsor, subject, file code and section of state or local law affected.
  • Site includes:
    • Bill history by legislative date, as well as different versions of the bill - First Reading, Third Reading, and Enrolled - as available.
    • Senate and House proceedings in audio files and roll call votes.
    • State budget information.

Depository Libraries in Maryland: Receive copies of bills and bind them. The bound volumes are organized by session, chamber, and bill number.

• University of Maryland Law Library:
  • Senate Bills at U. Md. L. Libr.
  • House of Delegate Bills at U. Md. L. Libr.
• Maryland State Law Library: 
  • Senate Bills at Md. St. L. Libr.
  • House of Delegate Bills at Md. St. L. Libr.

MD Bill Tracking Reports on Lexis (1989 - , updated daily during the week).

Westlaw:

• Current session bills:
  • Maryland Proposed Legislation (Bills) on Westlaw.
  • Maryland Bill Tracking on Westlaw: Summaries and status information for bills in the current or recently-ended session.
• Prior session bills:
  • Maryland Historical Proposed Legislation (Bills) on Westlaw (2005 - last year).

Session laws are compiled in a set of volumes containing all laws enacted during the session. They are given a chapter number after signature by the governor and are published chronologically.

• Laws of the State of Maryland, 
  • In print: Laws of the State of Maryland: Call Number: KFM1225 .A213: State 1st Floor (1986 - ), Closed Stacks (1862 - 1985, request at the Circulation Desk).
  • In microformat: Laws of the State of Maryland: Call Number: Media 1st Floor KFM1225 .A213 Micro (canceled in 2006 at Law Library).
• Maryland General Assembly: Legislation by Session (1996 - ).
• Maryland Advance Legislative Service on Lexis. Contains full text of all laws enacted during a legislative session (1989 - ).
• Maryland Enacted Legislation (Session Laws) on Westlaw: For statutes passed in the current session.
• Maryland Historical Enacted Legislation (Session Laws) on Westlaw (1990 - last year).
• HeinOnline Session Laws: Maryland (1692 - ).
• LLMC Digital Session Laws: Maryland.