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1 Massachusetts Legislative History With Hon. Barbara A. Lenk and Brian Harkins, Esq. June 29, 2017 Social Law Library John Adams Courthouse Table of Contents Research Guide to Massachusetts Legislative 1 Massachusetts general Court .. 5 State Library of 13 State Library of Massachusetts : DSpace Digital MassTrac 27 State House News Service 33 Massachusetts general laws annotated c. 265 : Historical and Statutory 35 Massachusetts State Archives: .. 37 Sample document from Legislative Packet obtained from State Archive .. 39 Sample document from Governor s Packet obtained from State 43 New England Law Boston: Reports of the Legislative Research 45 Public Document No. 144: Annual Reports of the Judicial Council of 47 House and Senate 49 general Court 53 Massachusetts general laws annotated : Appendix to Chapter 57 annotated laws of Massachusetts (black set), Selected Special laws : Cover 59 Westlaw and Lexis Massachusetts Legislative History 61 Record of the Governor and Massachusetts Bay and New England, Volume I 71 Debate of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention 73 Massachusetts Practice Series Volume 28: Real Estate Law: Historical Date on Cities, Towns and 75 Massachusetts Law Review A Guide to Gathering and Using Legislative History in Massachusetts by Sean J.

2 77 Additional 79 Social 11 111)1111 Library Research. Education. Services. Answers. Research Guide Massachusetts Legislative History Determining Legislative intent in Massachusetts can be a difficult task. Few successful bills make it to the Governor's desk accompanied by detailed reports. When there is a report about the need for the new legislation it is usually appended to the original bill that becomes part of the Legislative Documents series. TRACING Legislative History the section of the Massachusetts general laws that you wish to that section in the annotated laws (ALM or MGLA) you'll find historical notes with references to chaptersin the Massachusetts Acts & Resolves (cited as "St:') These citations are to original enactments or amendments to thatsection over the & Resolves of Massachusetts Official Codifications & CompilationsColonial laws of Massachusetts (Cited ,)Revised Statutes of 1836 (Cited ) general Statutes of 1860 (Cited )Public Statutes of 1882 (Cited )Revised laws of 1902 (Cited R.

3 L.) general laws of 1921 (Cited ) general laws , Tercentenary Edition (1932)5th floor States KFM 2425 .A213 Also on microfiche on the 4th Floor 1st floor Non-core KFM 2430 1672 .A2 1887 1st floor Non-core KFM 2430 1836 .A22 1836 1st floor Non-core KFM 2430 1859 .A223 1873 1st floor Non-core KFM 2430 1881. A22 1882 1st floor Non-core KFM 2430 1901 .A22 1902 1st floor Non-core KFM 2430 1921 .A22 1921 1st floor Non-core KFM 2430 1921 .A22 1932 4. To convert the Chapter number back to the original Bill number you can use the table found at the back of theannual Bulletin of Committee Work. The Bulletin is located at the end of each year's Legislative Documents, or for theyears after 1973. Consult the tables in:Acts Approved by the Governor 1967-1973 MICROFORMS KFM 2441 G84 1967 Guide to Massachusetts general and Special Acts i 974-1984 MICROFORMS KFM 2441.

4 G85 1985-2008 5th floor States KFM 2441 .G85 the Legislative Documents for the text of bills and possibly some commentary:Bill texts for years prior to 1945 are located at the State Library of Massachusetts , State House, 3d floor 1945 -1966 5th floor States KFM 2406 .M37 1967-1994 MICROFORMS KFM 2406 .M37 1986-2009 2010-5th floor StatesKFM 2406 .M37 summaries of Legislative proceedings see the Journals of the House and Senate1715-1779 5th floor State KFM 2418 .M36 1867-5th floor States KFM 2418 .M36 reports issued by the general Court on specific topics seeIndex of Special; Reports Authorized by the general Court 1900-1988 with Supplement 1988-1994 5th floor States KFM .M37 MICROFORMS KFM .M37 1356789101112131415161718192021222324252 6272829303132333435363738394041424344454 6474849505152535455565758596061626364656 66768697071727374757677787980