The NJ State Library’s (NJSL) Law Library Journal and Minutes of the Legislature page includes all known links to digitized copies of the Senate Journal, Assembly Minutes, and colonial legislative publications.
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Colonial Era
Journal of the Governor and Council, 1682-1775
- Volume I: 1682-1714 (Google, Internet Archive)
- Volume II: 1715-1738 (Google)
- Volume III: 1738-1748 (Google)
- Volume IV: 1748-1755 (Google, Internet Archive)
- Volume V: 1756-1768 (Google)
- Volume VI 1769-1775 (Google, Internet Archive)
Votes and proceedings of the General Assembly of the Province of New Jersey, 1703-1776
New Jersey Provincial Assembly Votes and Proceedings (1704-1745) are available on microfilm at the State Library (call number M/film NJ no. 2). No digitized copies are currently available.
- Journal and Votes of the House of Representatives of the Province of Nova Cesarea or New Jersey, 1st Assembly (Google, Internet Archive, Internet Archive)
- 2nd Assembly
- 3rd Assembly
- 4th Assembly
- 5th Assembly
- 6th Assembly
- 7th Assembly
- 8th Assembly
- 9th Assembly
- 10th Assembly
- 11th Assembly
- 12th Assembly
- 13th Assembly
- 14th Assembly
- 1745, 15th Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1745-1748, 16th Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1749-1751, 17th Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1751-1754, 18th Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1754-1760, 19th Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1761-1768, 20th Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1769-1771, 21st Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1772-1776, 22nd Assembly (Internet Archive)
Minutes of the Provincial Congress and the Council of Safety of the State of New Jersey, 1775-1776
- 1775-1776 (Internet Archive, Internet Archive, HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- Extracts from the Journal of Proceedings of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey held at Trenton in the month of May, June and August, 1775, published 1835 (Google, Google)
1776-Modern Era
Minutes and proceedings of the Council and General Assembly of the State of New-Jersey, in joint-meeting, from August 30, 1776 to October 29, 1799
Minutes of the Votes and Proceedings of the General Assembly, 1776-1986
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- 1776-1777, 1st General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1777-1778, 2nd General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1778-1779, 3rd General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1779-1780, 4th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1780-1781, 5th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1781-1782, 6th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1782-1783, 7th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1783-1784, 8th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1784-1785, 9th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1785-1786, 10th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1786-1787, 11th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1787-1788, 12th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1788-1789, 13th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1789-1790, 14th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1790-1791, 15th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1791-1792, 16th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1792-1793, 17th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1793-1794, 18th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1794-1795, 19th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1795-1796, 20th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1796-1797, 21st General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1797-1798, 22nd General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1798-1799, 23rd General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1799-1800, 24th General Assembly (Internet Archive)
- 1800-1804
- 1804-1807
- 1807-1808
- 1808-1809, 33rd General Assembly
- 1810-1812
- 1812-1814
- 1814-1816
- 1816-1818
- 1818-1820
- 1820-1821, 45th General Assembly
- 1822-1825
- 1826-1829
- 1829-1831
- 1830-1832
- 1832-1833, 57th General Assembly
- 1833-1834, 58th General Assembly
- 1834-1835, 59th General Assembly (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1835-1836, 60th General Assembly
- 1836-1837, 61st General Assembly (Google)
- 1837-1838, 62nd General Assembly (Google)
- 1838-1839, 63rd General Assembly
- 1839-1840, 64th General Assembly (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1840-1841, 65th General Assembly
- 1841-1842, 66th General Assembly
- 1842-1843, 67th General Assembly (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1843-1844, 68th General Assembly (Google)
- 1845, 69th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1846, 70th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1847, 71st General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1848, 72nd General Assembly (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1849, 73rd General Assembly
- 1850, 74th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1851, 75th General Assembly (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1852
- 1853, 77th General Assembly
- 1854, 78th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1855, 79th General Assembly (HathiTrust, HathiTrust)
- 1856, 80th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1857
- 1858, 82nd General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1859, 83rd General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1860
- 1861, 85th General Assembly
- 1862, 86th General Assembly
- 1863, 87th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1864
- 1865, 89th General Assembly (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1866
- 1866, 90th General Assembly, Extra Session (14th Amendment Ratification)
- 1867, 91st General Assembly
- 1868, 92nd General Assembly
- 1869, 93rd General Assembly
- 1870, 94th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1871, 95th General Assembly
- 1872, 96th General Assembly
- 1873, 97th General Assembly
- 1874, 98th General Assembly
- 1875, 99th General Assembly
- 1876, 100th General Assembly
- 1877, 101st General Assembly
- 1878, 102nd General Assembly
- 1879, 103rd General Assembly
- 1880, 104th General Assembly
- 1881
- 1882, 106th General Assembly
- 1883
- 1884, 108th General Assembly
- 1885, 109th General Assembly (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1886, 110th General Assembly (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1887, 111th General Assembly
- 1888, 112th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1889, 113th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1890, 114th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1891, 115th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1892, 116th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1893, 117th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1894, 118th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1895, 119th General Assembly
- 1896, 120th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1897, 121st General Assembly
- 1898, 122nd General Assembly
- 1899, 123rd General Assembly
- 1900, 124th General Assembly (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1901, 125th General Assembly (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1902, 126th General Assembly (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1903, 127th General Assembly
- 1904, 128th General Assembly (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1905, 129th General Assembly (Google, Google)
- 1906, 130th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1907, 131st General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1908, 132nd General Assembly
- 1909
- 1910, 134th General Assembly (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1911, 135th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1912, 136th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1913, 137th General Assembly (HathiTrust, HathiTrust)
- 1914, 138th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1915, 139th General Assembly (HathiTrust, HathiTrust)
- 1916, 140th General Assembly (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1917, 141st General Assembly (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1918, 142nd General Assembly (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1919, 143rd General Assembly (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1920, 144th General Assembly (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1921, 145th General Assembly (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1922, 146th General Assembly (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1923, 147th General Assembly (HathiTrust, HathiTrust)
- 1924, 148th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1925, 149th General Assembly (HathiTrust)
- 1926, 150th General Assembly
- 1927, 151st General Assembly
- 1928, 152nd General Assembly
- 1929, 153rd General Assembly
- 1930, 154th General Assembly
- 1931, 155th General Assembly
- 1932, 156th General Assembly
- 1933, 157th General Assembly
- 1934, 158th General Assembly
- 1935, 159th General Assembly
- 1936, 160th General Assembly
- 1937, 161st General Assembly
- 1938, 162nd General Assembly
- 1939, 163rd General Assembly
- 1940, 164th General Assembly
- 1941, 165th General Assembly
- 1942, 166th General Assembly
- 1943, 167th General Assembly
- 1944, 168th General Assembly
- 1945, 169th General Assembly
- 1946, 170th General Assembly
- 1947, 171st General Assembly and the Special Session of the 170th (30 Sep 1946)
- 1948, 172nd General Assembly
- 1949, 173rd General Assembly
- 1950, 174th General Assembly
- 1951, 175th General Assembly
- 1952, 176th General Assembly
- 1953, 177th General Assembly
- 1954, 178th General Assembly
- 1955, 179th General Assembly
- 1956, 180th General Assembly
- 1957, 181st General Assembly
- 1958, 182nd General Assembly
- 1959, 183rd General Assembly
- 1960, 184th General Assembly
- 1961, 185th General Assembly
- 1962, 186th General Assembly
- 1963, 187th General Assembly
- 1964, 188th General Assembly
- 1965, 189th General Assembly
- 1966, 190th General Assembly
- 1967, 191st General Assembly
- 1968, 192nd General Assembly
- 1969, 193rd General Assembly
- 1970, 194th General Assembly, 1st Session
- 1971, 194th General Assembly, 2nd Session
- 1972, 195th General Assembly, 1st Session
- 1973, 195th General Assembly, 2nd Session
- 1974, 196th General Assembly, 1st Session
- 1975, 196th General Assembly, 2nd Session
- 1976, 197th General Assembly, 1st Session
- 1977, 197th General Assembly, 2nd Session
- 1978, 198th General Assembly, 1st Session
- 1978, 198th General Assembly, 1st Session
- 1979, 198th General Assembly, 2nd Session
- 1980, 199th General Assembly, 1st Session
- 1981, 199th General Assembly, 2nd Session
- 1982, 200th General Assembly, 1st Session
- 1983, 200th General Assembly, 2nd Session
- 1984, 201st General Assembly,1st Session
- 1985, 201st General Assembly, 2nd Session
- 1986, 202nd General Assembly, 1st Session
Journal of the proceedings of the Legislative-Council of the State of New-Jersey, 1776-1844
The Legislative Council was the precursor of the State Senate.
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- 1776-1777, 1st Session (Internet Archive)
- 1777-1778, 2nd Session (Internet Archive)
- 1778-1779, 3rd Session (Internet Archive)
- 1779-1780, 4th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1780-1781, 5th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1781-1782, 6th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1782-1783, 7th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1783-1784, 8th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1784-1785, 9th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1785-1786, 10th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1786-1787, 11th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1787-1788, 12th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1788-1789, 13th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1789-1790, 14th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1790-1791, 15th Session
- First Sitting (Internet Archive)
- 1791-1792, 16th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1792-1793, 17th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1793-1794, 18th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1794-1795, 19th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1795-1796, 20th Session (Internet Archive)
- 1796-1797, 21st Session (Internet Archive)
- 1797-1798, 22nd Session (Internet Archive)
- 1798-1799, 23rd Session (Internet Archive)
- 1799, 24th Session
- First Sitting (Internet Archive)
- 1800-1804 in one volume (HathiTrust)
- 1801-1802, 26th Session
- First Sitting (Google)
- Second Sitting
- 1802-1803, 27th Session
- First Sitting (Google)
- Second Sitting
- 1803-1804
- 1804-1805
- 1805-1806, 30th Session
- 1807-1808
- 1808-1812 in one volume (Google, HathiTrust)
- 1808, 33rd Session (Google, Google)
- 1809-1810, 34th Session (Google)
- 1810-1811, 35th Session (Google)
- 1812-1815, 36th Session (Google, HathiTrust)
- 1812-1813, 37th Session (Google)
- 1813-1814, 38th Session (Google)
- 1814-1815, 39th Session (Google, Google)
- 1815-1816
- 1816-1817, 41st session
- First Sitting
- Second Sitting (Google)
- 1817-1818
- 1818-1819, 43rd Session (Google)
- 1819-1820, 44th Session (Google)
- 1820-1821, 45th session
- First Sitting (Google, HathiTrust)
- Second Sitting
- 1821-1822, 46th Session
- First Sitting (Google, HathiTrust)
- Second Sitting
- 1822-1825 in one volume (HathiTrust)
- 1822-1823, 47th Session
- First Sitting (Google)
- Second Sitting
- 1823-1824, 48th Session
- First Sitting (Google)
- Second Sitting
- 1824, 49th Session (“first and only sitting”) (Google)
- 1825
- 1826, 51st Session
- First Sitting (Google, HathiTrust)
- 1827-1828, 52nd Session, two sittings (Google)
- 1828-1829, 53rd Session, two sittings (Google, HathiTrust)
- 1829-1830, 54th Session, two sittings (HathiTrust)
- 1830-1831
- 1831-1832, 56th Session, two sittings (Google)
- 1832-1833, 57th Session, two sittings (Google)
- 1833-1834, 58th Session, two sittings (Google, HathiTrust)
- 1834-1835, 59th Session, two sittings (Google)
- 1835-1836
- 1836-1837
- 1837-1838, 62nd Session, two sittings (Google, HathiTrust)
- 1838-1839, 63rd Session (Google)
- 1839-1840, 64th Session (Google, Google, HathiTrust)
- 1840-1841, 65th Session (Google)
- 1841-1842, 66th Session (Google, HathiTrust)
- 1842-1843, 67th Session (Google)
- 1843-1844, 68th Session (Google, HathiTrust, Google)
Senate Journal, 1845-1987
The Senate was preceded by the Legislative Council.
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- 1845, 1st Senate, 69th Session of the Legislature (Google)
- 1846, 2nd Senate, 70th Session (Google)
- 1847
- 1848, 4th Senate, 72nd Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1849, 5th Senate, 73rd Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1850, 6th Senate, 74th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1851, 7th Senate, 75th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1852, 8th Senate, 76th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1853, 9th Senate, 77th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1854, 10th Senate, 78th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1855, 11th Senate, 79th Session (HathiTrust)
- 1856, 12th Senate, 80th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1857, 13th Senate, 81st Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1858, 14th Senate, 82nd Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1859, 15th Senate, 83rd Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1860, 16th Senate, 84th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1861, 17th Senate, 85th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1862, 18th Senate, 86th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1863, 19th Senate, 87th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1864, 20th Senate, 88th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1865, 21st Senate, 89th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1866, 22nd Senate, 90th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1866, 22nd Senate, Extra Session (14th Amendment Ratification)
- 1867, 23rd Senate, 91st Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1868, 24th Senate, 92nd Session (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1869, 25th Senate, 93rd Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1870, 26th Senate, 94th Session (Google)
- 1871, 27th Senate, 95th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1872, 28th Senate, 96th Session (HathiTrust 1/2, HathiTrust 2/2)
- 1873, 29th Senate, 97th Session (HathiTrust)
- 1874, 30th Senate, 98th Session (HathiTrust)
- 1875, 31st Senate, 99th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1875, 31st Senate, 99th Session (HathiTrust)
- 1875, 31st Senate, 99th Session (HathiTrust)
- 1876, 32nd Senate, 100th Session (HathiTrust)
- 1876, 32nd Senate, 100th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1877, 33rd Senate, 101st Session (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1878, 34th Senate, 102nd Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1879, 35th Senate, 103rd Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1880, 36th Senate, 104th Session (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1881, 37th Senate, 105th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1882, 38th Senate, 106th Session (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1883, 39th Senate, 107th Session (HathiTrust)
- 1884
- 1885, 41st Senate, 109th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1886, 42nd Senate, 110th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1887, 43rd Senate, 111th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1888, 44th Senate, 112th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1889, 45th Senate, 113th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1890, 46th Senate, 114th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1891, 47th Senate, 115th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1892, 48th Senate, 116th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1893, 49th Senate, 117th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1894, 50th Senate, 118th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1895, 51st Senate, 119th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1896, 52nd Senate, 120th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1897, 53rd Senate, 121st Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1898, 54th Senate, 122nd Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1899, 55th Senate, 123rd Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1900, 56th Senate, 124th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1901, 57th Senate, 125th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1902, 58th Senate, 126th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1903, 59th Senate, 127th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1904, 60th Senate, 128th Session (HathiTrust)
- 1905, 61st Senate, 129th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1906, 62nd Senate, 130th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1907
- 1908, 64th Senate, 132nd Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1909, 65th Senate, 133rd Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1910, 66th Senate, 134th Session (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1911, 67th Senate, 135th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1912, 69th Senate, 137th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1913, 69th Senate, 137th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1914, 70th Senate, 138th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1915, 71st Senate, 139th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1916, 72nd Senate, 140th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1917, 73rd Senate, 141st Session (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1918, 74th Senate, 142nd Session (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1919, 75th Senate, 143rd Session (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1920, 76th Senate, 144th Session (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1921, 77th Senate, 145th Session (HathiTrust, Google)
- 1922, 78th Senate, 146th Session (HathiTrust, HathiTrust, Google)
- 1923, 79th Senate, 147th Session (HathiTrust)
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926
- 1927
- 1928
- 1929
- 1930
- 1931
- 1932
- 1933
- 1934
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1941
- 1942
- 1943
- 1944, 100th Senate, 168th Session
- 1945
- 1946
- 1947
- 1948
- 1949
- 1950
- 1951
- 1952
- 1953
- 1954
- 1955
- 1956
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
- 1960
- 1961, 117th Senate, 185th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1962, 118th Senate, 186th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1963, 119th Senate, 187th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1964, 120th Senate, 188th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1965, 121st Senate, 189th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1966, 122nd Senate, 190th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1967, 123rd Senate, 191st Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1968, 124th Senate, 192nd Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1969, 125th Senate, 193rd Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1970, 1st Session, 126th Senate, 194th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1971, 2nd Session, 126th Senate, 194th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1972, 1st Session, 127th Senate, 195th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1973, 2nd Session, 127th Senate, 195th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1974, 1st Session, 128th Senate, 196th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1975, 2nd Session, 128th Senate, 196th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1976, 1st Session, 129th Senate, 197th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1977, 2nd Session, 129th Senate, 197th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1978, 1st Session, 130th Senate, 198th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1979, 2nd Session, 130th Senate, 198th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1980, 1st Session, 131st Senate, 199th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1981, 2nd Session, 131st Senate, 199th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1982, 1st Session, 132nd Senate, 200th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1983, 2nd Session, 132nd Senate, 200th Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1984, 1st Session, 133rd Senate, 201st Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1985, 2nd Session, 133rd Senate, 201st Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1986, 1st Session, 134th Senate, 202nd Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1987, 2nd Session, 134th Senate, 202nd Session, (Internet Archive)
- 1988-1989, 135th Senate (not yet digitized)
- 1990, 1st Session of the 136th Senate, 204th Session
- 1991, 2nd Session of the 136th Senate, 204th Session
- 1992, 1st Session, 137th Senate (not yet digitized)
- 1993, 2nd Session, 137th Senate, 205th Session
- 1994, 1st Session, 138th Senate, 206th Session
- 1994, 2nd Session, 138th Senate (not yet digitized)
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