In Indiana, 61,492 children were reported to Child Protective Services for child maltreatment in 2003.

State by State Laws

Statutes, Legal Codes and Legislation at your Fingertips

Here we provide links to sites containing the full-text of state constitutions, statutes (called codes or compiled laws in some states), legislation (bills, amendments, etc.), session laws (bills that have become laws), and administrative rules.

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z   [Other]

Alabama

• The Alabama Legislature - Constitution, statutes, legislation and session laws
• Alabama Code - Statutes
• Administrative Code - Administrative Monthly
• Local ordinances - City by city links
• Alabama CPS News & Resources

Alaska

• Alaska Legislature Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code and Administrative Journal.
  [Site Map & Text Only Version]
• Legal Resource Center - Statutes, Administrative Code
• Constitution
• Alaska's Criminal Justice Information Systems - Local ordinances
• Alaska CPS News & Resources

American Samoa

• American Samoa Bar Association - Court Information, Administrative Code, Legal Resources
• Code Annotated
• Constitution
• Constitution

Arizona

• Arizona State Legislature - Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Arizona Administrative Rules - Administrative Code, Administrative Register
• Arizona Cities and Towns - Local ordinances
• Arizona CPS News & Resources

Arkansas

• Arkansas General Assembly - Statutes, legislation, session laws
• Arkansas Code
• Constitution of 1874
• Arkansas Constitutions
• Arkansas Administrative Rules - (Partial selection)
• Government Overview
• Arkansas Register
• Arkansas Cities and Towns - Local ordinances
• Arkansas CPS News & Resources

California

• Child Welfare Services Manual - Online Manual of Policies and Procedures (Div 31 sections).
• California Law - Codes
• Law Revision Commission
• Constitution, codes
• Legislation - Bill Information
• California Legislature Guide - an in-depth introduction to the legislative process and state government.
• Statutes
• Constitution
• California's Legislature Online Book
• Around The Capitol California Political and Legislative News
  (There is an option to show all versions of a bill in a tabbed view.)
• Regulatory Notice Register
• California Local Codes and Charters - Local ordinances
• California CPS News & Resources

Colorado

• Colorado General Assembly - Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, rules and regulations
• Colorado Revised Statutes
• Colorado Constitution
• Colorado Cities and Towns - Local ordinances
• Colorado CPS News & Resources

Connecticut

• Connecticut General Assembly - Statutes, legislation, session laws
• General Statutes
  (May not be as current as the statutes available by following the link immediately above this one.)
• Constitution
• Index State Agencies
• Connecticut Cities and Towns - Local ordinances
• Connecticut CPS News & Resources

Delaware

• Michie's Legal Resources - Constitution, statutes
• Delaware Statutes
• Delaware General Assembly - Legislation
• Delaware Regulations - Register of Regulations
• Administrative Code
• Constitution
• Delaware City Websites & City Codes - Local ordinances
• Delaware CPS News & Resources

District of Columbia

• Michie's Legal Resources - DC Code
• District of Columbia Official Code (Westlaw)
• Pending Legislation
• D.C. Watch Archives (Partial list)
• Council of the District of Columbia - Legislation, session laws
• DC Municipal Regulations and Register
• District Of Columbia CPS News & Resources

Florida

• Florida Statutes
• Florida Constitution
• Florida House of Representatives - Legislation
• Florida Senate - Legislation
• Session laws
• Administrative Code
• Administrative Weekly
• Resources by Jurisdiction - Local ordinances
• Governing Rules for Florida Dependancy Cases
• Florida CPS News & Resources

Georgia

• Code of Georgia - Statutes
• Georgia State Code - [Available as a Free Download]
• Georgia General Assembly - Legislation, session laws
• Georgia Constitutions
• Constitution [PDF format]
• Administrative Code
• Georgia City Websites & City Codes - Local ordinances
• Georgia CPS News & Resources

Guam

• Guam Code Annotated - Statutes [Browse]
• Guam Code Annotated - Statutes [Search Engine]
• Administrative Rules and Regulations
• Legislation - Session laws
• Compiler of Laws

Hawaii

• Statutes, legislation, session laws
• Constitution
• Administrative rules
• Local ordinances
• Hawaii CPS News & Resources

Idaho

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Constitution
• Administrative rules & bulletin
• Municipal ordinances
• Idaho CPS News & Resources

Illinois

• Legislation & session laws    |    General Assemblies (1971-2006)
• Constitution of the State of Illinois
• Constitution (pdf) -- Annotated for Legislators
• Constitution (pdf)
• Illinois Compiled Statutes
• Administrative Code
• Illinois Register
• Administrative Code Indexes
• Statutes, legislation, session laws, administrative Code
  (FTP) Read "aReadMe" for update information.
• Illinois Municipal ordinances    |    Municipal and county ordinances
• Municipal Code of Chicago
  • Chicago City Council Guide to Legislation
  • Chicago City Council Journal of Proceedings
• Cook County Code of Ordinances    |    Cook County Legislative Library
• Illinois CPS News & Resources

Indiana

• Indiana Constitution
• Indiana Revised Code
• Indiana General Assembly
• Indiana Legislative Services
• Agency Reports to the General Assembly
• Local ordinances
• Indiana CPS News & Resources

Iowa

• Iowa Constitution
• Iowa Code Publications
• Track Legislation
• Local ordinances
• Iowa CPS News & Resources

Kansas

• Kansas Legislation
• Kansas Statutes
• Kansas State Constitution
• Session laws
• Kansas Administrative Regulations
• Kansas Register -- Publications (pdf)
• Kansas City Websites & City Codes
• Kansas CPS News & Resources

Kentucky

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, administrative regulations
• Local ordinances
• Kentucky CPS News & Resources

Louisiana

• Constitution, statutes, legislation
• Session laws
• Administrative Code, Louisiana Register
• Local ordinances
• Louisiana CPS News & Resources

Maine

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Constitution
• Administrative Code
• Local ordinances
• Maine CPS News & Resources

Maryland

• Michie's Legal Resources -- Constitution, Legal Code, etc.
• Maryland Legislation
• Maryland Statutes
• Maryland General Assembly
• Legislative Archive (1996-2007)
• Constitution of Maryland (November 1776)
• Annotated Code of Maryland
• Thurgood Marshall Law Library -- Maryland Legal Research Guides, Government & Local ordinances
• Maryland CPS News & Resources

Massachusetts

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• 1960-1996 session laws
• Code of Massachusetts Regulations Partial
• Local ordinances
• Massachusetts CPS News & Resources

Michigan

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Administrative Code, Michigan Register
• Local ordinances
• Michigan CPS News & Resources

Minnesota

• Constitution, statutes, session laws
• Legislation
• Administrative rules
• State Register
• Local ordinances
• Minnesota CPS News & Resources

Mississippi

• Constitution, statutes The Constitution text is part of the "Mississippi Code" database.
• Statutes Choose the link labeled "Table of Contents FREE"; browse; most of the other materials on the site are available only by paid subscription.
• Legislation, session laws You can go directly to bill text.
• Constitution Browse Some administrative rules are online. To see whether an agency's rules are online, choose its site from the agency list. There is another agency list on a private site.
• Local ordinances
• Mississippi CPS News & Resources

Missouri

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Code of State Regulations, Missouri Register
• Missouri Municipalities Links
• Missouri CPS News & Resources

Montana

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws There is also a text-only page. For session laws, choose "Sessions" (or a session) on the front page, and when you reach the "Session Information" page, choose "Reports Directory"
• Administrative Rules
• Administrative Register
• Local ordinances
• Montana CPS News & Resources

Nebraska

• Statutes, legislation, session laws
• Constitution
• Administrative Code
• Local ordinances
• Nebraska CPS News & Resources

Nevada

• Constitution, statutes, session laws, Administrative Code, Nevada Register Statutes are called "Nevada Revised Statutes"; session laws are called "Statutes of Nevada".
• Legislation
• Constitution
• Local ordinances
• Nevada CPS News & Resources

New Hampshire

• Legislation
• Statutes
• Constitution
• Session laws: 2007; 2006; 2005; 2004; 2003; 2002; 2001
• Administrative rules, Rulemaking Register
• Local ordinances
• New Hampshire CPS News & Resources

New Jersey

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Some administrative rules are online. To see whether an agency's rules are online, choose its site from the agency list.
• Local ordinances
• New Jersey CPS News & Resources

New Mexico

• Constitution, statutes, legislation For the Constitution, choose the link labeled "Statutes".
• Administrative Code
• New Mexico Register
• Local ordinances
• New Mexico CPS News & Resources

New York

• Constitution, statutes For the constitution, scroll all the way to the bottom.
• Statutes
• Session laws, bill word search For session law text, choose "Chapter No." from the left drop-down, the year from the right drop-down, and check the box marked "Text". For bill word search, choose "Word Search - Bills" from the left drop-down and the year from the right drop-down. (Much of the time, the current year is the only year available in the drop-down.)
• Constitution
• Constitution
• Legislation
• Legislation Assembly site; information from both chambers is available. The Senate and Assembly home pages have additional information.
• Some administrative rules are online. To see whether an agency's rules are online, choose its site from the agency list.
• State Register
• Local ordinances
• New York CPS News & Resources

North Carolina

• Statutes, legislation, session laws
• Constitution
• Administrative Code
• North Carolina Register
• Local ordinances
• Arizona CPS News & Resources

North Dakota

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code
• Local ordinances
• North Carolina CPS News & Resources

Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan, Tinian, Rota)

• Constitution, session laws
• Commonwealth Register
• Statutes were not available on the web when I last checked. If you want to see what materials are available, you can visit the sites of the Legislature, Executive Branch, Attorney General, and Law Revision Commission.

Ohio

• Statutes, Administrative Code
• Legislation, session laws
• Constitution
• Register of Ohio
• Local ordinances
• Ohio CPS News & Resources

Oklahoma

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws (Oklahoma Legislature) Rich text format (.rtf) files.
• Constitution, statutes (Oklahoma State Courts Network) Browse or search. The constitution and statutes are "citationized", meaning they link to decisions citing a section and also to some superseded versions of the section.
• Administrative Code, Oklahoma Register
• Local ordinances
• Oklahoma CPS News & Resources

Oregon

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Constitution
• Administrative rules, Oregon Bulletin
• Local ordinances
• Oregon CPS News & Resources

Pennsylvania

• Legislation, session laws For session laws, don't choose the link labeled "Session Laws" -- it will take you to laws that are over 200 years old. Instead, choose the link labeled "Legislation Enacted Since 1975", which will take you to recent session laws.
• Constitution The site also has research materials.
• Regulations Pennsylvania Code (not statutes).
• Pennsylvania Bulletin
• Local ordinances
• Pennsylvania CPS News & Resources
• Drafts of Uniform and Model Acts

Puerto Rico

• Constitution, statutes. The Constitution text is part of the "Laws of Puerto Rico" database. There is also a Spanish version.
• Some materials (all in Spanish) are available on the sites of the Senate, the House of Representatives and agencies.
• Session laws; partial statutes Spanish.
• Constitution English

Rhode Island

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Constitution
• Rules and Regulations
• Local ordinances
• Rhode Island CPS News & Resources

South Carolina

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, regulations, State Register You may need to browse the tabs labeled "Research" and "Publications" to find what you need.
• Legislation
• Some municipal ordinances are online. To see whether a municipality's ordinances are online, choose its site from the list.
• South Carolina CPS News & Resources

South Dakota

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, administrative rules, South Dakota Register Search or browse statutes. Choose the "Codified Laws" link for the constitution and statutes. Choose the "Administrative Rules" link for the South Dakota Register.
• Local ordinances
• South Dakota CPS News & Resources

Tennessee

• Constitution, statutes The Constitution text is part of the "Tennessee Code" database.
• Legislation, session laws ("chaptered bills")
• Constitution (pdf)
• Rules and Regulations
• Administrative Register
• Local ordinances
• Tennessee CPS News & Resources

Texas

• Constitution, statutes, legislation
• Session laws
• Constitution, statutes, legislation FTP
• Statutes
• Administrative Code
• Texas Register
• Texas Register
• Local ordinances
• Texas CPS News & Resources

Utah

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Constitution, statutes The Constitution text is part of the "Utah Code" database.
• Administrative rules, State Bulletin
• Local ordinances
• Utah CPS News & Resources

Vermont

• Constitution, statutes The Constitution text is part of the "Vermont Code" database.
• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws
• Local ordinances
• Vermont CPS News & Resources

Virgin Islands

• Virgin Islands Statutes
• Virgin Islands Constitution
• Virgin Islands Legislation

Virginia

• Statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code
• Constitution
• Constitution
• Register of Regulations
• Local ordinances
• Virginia CPS News & Resources

Washington

• Constitution, statutes, Administrative Code, State Register
• Statutes, Administrative Code, Constitution
• Legislation
• Constitution
• Local ordinances
• Washington CPS News & Resources

West Virginia

• Statutes, legislation, session laws
• West Virginia Code
• Constitution
• Code of State Rules, West Virginia Register
• Local ordinances
• West Virginia CPS News & Resources

Wisconsin

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws, Administrative Code, Administrative Register
• The State Law Library has a Wisconsin Law & Government page.
• Local ordinances
• Wisconsin CPS News & Resources

Wyoming

• Constitution, statutes, legislation, session laws The Constitution text is part of the statute database.
• Administrative rules
• Local ordinances
• Wyoming CPS News & Resources

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Misc. Information

• Suggested State Legislation
• State Laws by Topic
• State Legislative History Research Guides on the Web
• What to do when PDF files do not open correctly (Disable PDF "view in browser")
• How to Locate Canadian Current and Historical Legislation
• If the site for a state's statutes is down, consider Justia.com, which has separately-stored copies of statutes for many states, as well as a variety of other materials.

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