Research Resources: Legislation & Codes

Law Students

• Use your Lexis or Westlaw accounts to access Georgia legal materials

Other Mercer Students

• Westlaw Campus Research: Law, News & Business — A comprehensive database of legal materials including federal and state statutes, codes, regulations, and case law materials. Also includes a number of newspapers, magazines, trade journals, and company information.

Code

• State Statutes: A Historical Archive - Georgia (HeinOnline, restricted off-campus access)

Legislature

• General Assembly
  • House of Representatives
  • Senate
• Bills
  • General Assembly
    • The Georgia General Assembly has met annually or biennially since 1777. Annual session begin on the 2nd Monday in January and run for 40 Legislative days. Sessions normally end in mid to late March, depending on the number of recess days.
    • Search for bills by bill number, status and code numbers. Use the Advanced Search (left column) for more options.
• Session Laws
  • Georgia Government Publications (2000-present)
  • HeinOnline (1735-2019) (restricted off-campus access)
• Legislative History [Peach Sheets] 
  • GSU Law Review (search Peach Sheets, bottom of left column)
• Mercer Law Review
  • Annual Survey of Georgia Law (issue one of each volume)
  • Also available in HeinOnline
• Legislative Documents - acts and House and Senate journals from 1774-present
  • House Journals 1876-present
  • Senate Journals 1876-present

• Georgia Legislative Navigator - a highlight of legislation that is likely to have significant impact on the public. The Members section shows bill sponsorship, recent votes, committee assignments, and top campaign donors. The navigator is updated daily during the legislative session. Look for the Predict-a-bill tool.
• Lawmakers - provides detailed analysis of each day’s legislative sessions. Archived versions of the show are available from 2009.

Constitution

• Current Georgia Constitution (2017)
• Current Constitution with case annotations
  • Westlaw > State Materials > Georgia > Georgia Statutes and Court Rules > Constitution of the State of Georgia
  • Print
    • Volume 2 of the  O.C.G.A.
    • Volumes 2 and 3 of the West Code of Georgia Annotated
• Georgia Constitutions - historical versions
• History of the Constitution

Local Government

• Counties in Georgia
• Municode