The New Jersey State Library is open Monday – Friday for walk-in access 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and by appointment 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Please click here for additional information.
The State Library has a comprehensive collection of New Jersey and federal legal materials and offers extensive reference assistance to government employees. Please click here for the collection and materials.
For guidance on finding legal resources, contact the Law Library. Reference assistance cannot be provided in a way that requires librarians to interpret any law and/or facts offered by a patron or provide legal advice.
NJ Legislative Histories
A legislative history is a compilation of the documents which express the purpose or intent behind the passage of a particular law. The State Library compiles histories on all New Jersey laws which are general and permanent. Appropriations, temporary and executed, and repealer acts are excluded.
Many legislative histories are digitized and available in our Legislative Histories archive. Digitization is ongoing; contact us for legislative histories not yet available online.
Law Library Resources
Below are various links to the resources available.
NJ Judiciary
NJ Legislature
- New Jersey Chapter/Session Laws
- New Jersey Statutes
- Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey
- Journal and Minutes of the Legislature
- Historical Compilations of New Jersey Law
NJ Executive and Administrative Law
- New Jersey Administrative Law
- New Jersey Register
- Attorney General Opinions
- Executive Orders
- School Law Decisions
