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LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY SOURCES
U.S. FEDERAL	WASHINGTON STATE

BILLS	BILLS
Bills through GPO FDsys 1993-	Bills from the Legislature (searchable) Current and last 2 Bienniums
Bills through Thomas 1989-	Bills from the Legislature, from the Legislature's Advanced Search Previous Bienniums: searchable from 1985
Bills through Lexis-Nexis Congressional 1989- (UW Restricted)	Bill summaries from the Legislature Searchable from 1991
	Washington Bills through access.wa.gov 2003-
LAWS AS PASSED THROUGH CONGRESS	LAWS AS PASSED THROUGH LEGISLATURE
Laws through GPO FDsys 1995-	Laws of Washington (also referred to as Session Laws or chapters) Choose "Chapter to Bill" table 1997/98 session-
Laws through Thomas 1989-	Laws of Washington through LexisNexis Academic Choose "Legal" tab, "Federal & State Codes", then "Washington State" from the sources menu (this includes the Washington Advanced Legislative Service or ALS) (UW Restricted)
Public Laws through Lexis-Nexis Congressional-- Choose"Legislative Histories, Bills & Laws" link, then "Public Laws" 1989- (UW Restricted)
U.S. Statutes at Large through Hein Online Choose "U.S. Statutes at Large" 1789- (UW Restricted)

LAWS CODIFIED = U.S. CODE	LAWS (CODIFIED) = RCW
U.S. Code through GPO Access	RCW through the Office of the Code Reviser (searchable)
U.S. Code through the Office of the Law Revision Counsel	RCW through the state legislature's site (browsable)
U.S. Code Service (commercially enhanced service) through Lexis-Nexis Congressional (UW Restricted)	RCW through LexisNexis Choose "Legal" tab, "Federal and State Codes"; type in "Washington Code" and select "Washington" from the sources menu (UW Restricted)

PROPOSED REGULATIONS = FEDERAL REGISTER	PROPOSED REGULATIONS = WASHINGTON STATE REGISTER
Federal Register through GPO FDsys 1994-	State Register through state legislative site 1998-
Federal Register through Lexis-Nexis Congressional -- under "Regulations" link 1980- (UW Restricted)
Federal Register through Hein Online 1936- (UW Restricted)
Federal Register listings for currently proposed regulations only, Regulations.gov

FINAL REGULATIONS (CODIFIED) = CFR	FINAL REGULATIONS (CODIFIED) = WAC
CFR through GPO Access (searchable) Current edition as well as previous editions back to 1996	WAC through state legislative site
CFR through GPO Access (browsable) 1996-
CFR through Lexis-Nexis Congressional -- under "Regulations" link 1981- (UW Restricted)
CFR through Hein Online 1936 - (UW Restricted)	See also: Washington State Legislative History site from the Gallagher Law Library

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