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Senate Glossary of Legislative Terms

The compilation of documents produced during the legislative process of a law is called the legislative history.

These documents contain the information considered by a legislature, prior to reaching a decision on whether or not to enact a law.

• To seek the current status of a bill
• To determine where a bill is in the legislative process 
• To determine the intent or meaning of an enacted law through the consideration of the documents produced in the process (statutory intent).

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Dates of Congressional Sessions

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