LibGuides: California Legislative History Research Guide: Step 5. Analyses

Locate the Assembly File Analyses

Assembly File Analyses: These analyses were prepared by the now-closed Assembly Office of Research for both Senate and Assembly Bills. Each analysis includes information on committee actions, the proposed fiscal effect of the bill, a short digest, a summary of comments by committee consultants, and an assessment of the effect of the bill. They are available from 1975 through 2002 in the Micrographics Room (KFC20.A7 / cabinet #22). They are arranged by year and bill number.

Locate the Committee and Floor Analyses

Staff working for legislative committees write analyses of the bill that are distributed to the committees (committee analyses) and to the Senate or Assembly as a whole (floor analyses).

California Bills & Analysis, 1993-2016 Archive (LegInfo.ca.gov) This link opens in a new window
This website has committee and floor analyses from 1993 to 2016. These analyses are written by legislative committee or floor staff; they summarize the activity taken on the bill in the committee or on the chamber floor and often include information about the bill's intent.
California Statutes, Bills, & Analysis 1999 - Present This link opens in a new window
This website has committee and floor analyses from 1999 to the present. These analyses are written by legislative committee or floor staff; they summarize the activity taken on the bill in the committee or on the chamber floor and often include information about the bill's intent.
Westlaw This link opens in a new window
Westlaw has committee and floor analyses going back to 1993. In the history credits that follow the code text, click on the hyperlink to the chapter law, then click on the "Legislative History Materials" tab at the top of the screen.

Locate the Committee Files

The law library also has the following committee files on microfilm in cabinet 48:

Assembly Ways & Means Bill Files 1975-1982 (KFC20 A8 W39)
Assembly Ways & Means (Minority) Bill Files 1981-1986 (KFC20 A8 W392)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary Files 1969 -1992 (KFC20 S5 J74)
Senate Rules Committee Files 1985-1988 (KFC20 S5 R75)
Third Reading Analysis (Senate Democratic Caucus) 1975-1984 (KFC20 S5 D56)
Third Reading Analysis (Senate Republican Caucus) 1972-1984 (KFC20 S5 R58)