Government Records
Most Session Laws are bound in volumes, handwritten from 1858-1907, and after 1907 to the present, typewritten. Over the years the titles of the laws have varied.
Each Session Law includes original signatures of Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, Secretary of the Senate, Governor, Revisor of Statutes, and Secretary of the State.
Arranged in chronological order, and thereunder primarily by volume number.
Closed. Researchers may apply to use these records in accordance with the State Archives access statement.
Minnesota Session Laws:
Accession numbers: 2012-27; 2021-30; 2022-21; 2023-7; 2024-19
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project
grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Processed by: Shelby Edwards, December 2011; Charles Rodgers, February 2021-December 2023
Catalog ID number: 007457542
Chronological index of House and Senate.
Located in 1945 Session Laws, Volume No. 1.
Also contains 1944 Special Session Laws.
Located in 1963 Session Laws, Volume No. 1.
Also contains 1961 Second Extra Session Laws, Chapters 1-3.
Chapters 217 and 218 were vetoed by the governor and are not present in the volume. Photocopies of the governor’s veto messages regarding Chapters 217 and 218 are inserted in the volume.
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Includes the veto of Chapter 65 (transportation network company drivers).