State Legislation Resources

**hso** · February 2, 2013, 08:15 PM

The state of Tennessee makes it easy to search for legislation up for consideration concerning firearms. This then makes it easy to send letters to your state officials supporting or opposing specific pieces of legislation up for consideration. I sent 7 this evening.

http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/inde...ct=1785&GA=108
I found the above by browsing the categories of legislation here - http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/subj...x/default.aspx

It would be good if we had this sort of information on each state so everyone would be able to look at and voice their opinion of legislation affecting RKBA.

Librarian · March 5, 2013, 11:58 PM

California has http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa...chClient.xhtml

It's pretty intuitive to use.

ETA There is, however, an oft-encountered 'gotcha' in reading CA bills.

The Legislature uses text font conventions to indicate existing, deleted, and added text to the bill documents. In bills as submitted, existing law is shown as plain black text, new text is BLUE ITALIC, deleted text is ~~RED STRIKEOUT~~. (Older web site versions do not use the colors.)

Frequently someone will look at a bill and see existing law, and be very disturbed about something thought to be 'new'.

Then, as bills are amended, new versions are published - but the conventions are applied relative to the prior version of the bill. That is, unmodified additions from the prior version are displayed in plain black, just as existing law is, and unmodified deletions are, well, deleted, and no longer show as changes.

See my Calguns thread on how to read a bill.

willhickey · March 22, 2013, 02:20 PM

My friend Kevin posted a thread below but I thought I'd leave a link in the sticky thread as well. BillTrack50.com makes it easy to search legislation across all 50 states.

45crittergitter · April 1, 2013, 04:31 PM

In MS, you can look over all the bills: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/201...es/notdead.xml

or do keyword searches: http://index.ls.state.ms.us/2013Session.html

You may need to start with the main legislature page in future years:
http://www.legislature.ms.gov/Pages/default.aspx

dc.fireman · April 17, 2013, 11:18 PM

Here's a searchable index for Virginia:

http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sbj+SBJ

dc dalton · April 29, 2013, 11:00 AM

Don't know if you have seen the new thread I posted yesterday about our new organization but now you have one place where you can track all new laws from all 50 states and the federal government.

http://amgoa.org

You can also sign up (100% free) and add laws you want to keep track of to your watch list and be sent an email any time something in those laws has changed.

This was one of the driving forces for us to build this thing, it's always been a giant PITA too keep track and be informed about new laws.

Enjoy!

February 2, 2013, 08:15 PM	#1
hso Moderator Join Date: January 3, 2003 Location: 0 hrs east of TN Posts: 33,524	State Legislation Resources The state of Tennessee makes it easy to search for legislation up for consideration concerning firearms. This then makes it easy to send letters to your state officials supporting or opposing specific pieces of legislation up for consideration. I sent 7 this evening. http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/inde...ct=1785&GA=108 I found the above by browsing the categories of legislation here - http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/subj...x/default.aspx It would be good if we had this sort of information on each state so everyone would be able to look at and voice their opinion of legislation affecting RKBA. __________________ SAF Life Member/NRAILA Contributor **************** Please Read The Forum Rules** TheHighRoad exists to provide a higher grade of discussion than is found on some other gun forums so antis and undecideds can see that gun owners and RKBA advocates are not the reckless misanthropes they tell everyone we are. Personal attacks, group stereotyping, macho chest-thumping, and partisan hackery are low road and hurt all of us.

March 5, 2013, 11:58 PM	#2
Librarian Member Join Date: October 14, 2003 Location: Concord, CA Posts: 1,221	California has http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa...chClient.xhtml It's pretty intuitive to use. ETA There is, however, an oft-encountered 'gotcha' in reading CA bills. The Legislature uses text font conventions to indicate existing, deleted, and added text to the bill documents. In bills as submitted, existing law is shown as plain black text, new text is BLUE ITALIC, deleted text is ~~RED STRIKEOUT~~. (Older web site versions do not use the colors.) Frequently someone will look at a bill and see existing law, and be very disturbed about something thought to be 'new'. Then, as bills are amended, new versions are published - but the conventions are applied relative to the prior version of the bill. That is, unmodified additions from the prior version are displayed in plain black, just as existing law is, and unmodified deletions are, well, deleted, and no longer show as changes. See my Calguns thread on how to read a bill. __________________ Teach a man to fish .... Calguns Foundation WIKI; California law; Federal firearms law - U S Code, Title 18 FBI UCR; CDC WISQARS - Death and Injury statistics. Last edited by Librarian; March 6, 2013 at 03:45 PM.

April 1, 2013, 04:31 PM	#4
45crittergitter Member Join Date: September 24, 2003 Location: Mississippi Posts: 2,466	In MS, you can look over all the bills: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/201...es/notdead.xml or do keyword searches: http://index.ls.state.ms.us/2013Session.html You may need to start with the main legislature page in future years: http://www.legislature.ms.gov/Pages/default.aspx __________________ NRA Benefactor Miss. St. Firearms Owners Assn. LEAA Member Eagle Scout Professional Engineer "He who goes unarmed in paradise had better be sure that that is where he is."

April 17, 2013, 11:18 PM	#5
dc.fireman Member Join Date: December 13, 2008 Location: Manassas, Va. Posts: 448	Here's a searchable index for Virginia: http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sbj+SBJ __________________ Fairfax Rod & Gun Club

March 22, 2013, 02:20 PM	#3
willhickey Member Join Date: March 22, 2013 Posts: 1	My friend Kevin posted a thread below but I thought I'd leave a link in the sticky thread as well. BillTrack50.com makes it easy to search legislation across all 50 states.

April 29, 2013, 11:00 AM	#6
dc dalton Member Join Date: April 9, 2013 Location: NE PA Posts: 12	Don't know if you have seen the new thread I posted yesterday about our new organization but now you have one place where you can track all new laws from all 50 states and the federal government. http://amgoa.org You can also sign up (100% free) and add laws you want to keep track of to your watch list and be sent an email any time something in those laws has changed. This was one of the driving forces for us to build this thing, it's always been a giant PITA too keep track and be informed about new laws. Enjoy!