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Online Drafting Manuals
(As of May 3, 2022)
State Legislatures
Alabama - Drafting Style Manual
Alaska - Drafting Manual (2017)
Arizona - Bill Drafting Manual (2019-20)
Arkansas - Legislative Drafting Manual (2020)
California - Not available
Colorado - Drafting Manual (2021)
Connecticut - Regulation Drafting Manual (2018) - Basic Considerations in Drafting Legislation (2015)
Delaware - Drafting Manual (2019)
Florida House - Guidelines for Drafting Legislation (2014)
Georgia - Not available
Hawaii - Hawaii Administrative Rules Drafting Manual and the Hawaii Legislative Drafting Manual (Tenth Edition) (2012)
Idaho - Drafting Manual (2017)
Illinois - Bill Drafting Manual (2012)
Indiana - Not available.
Iowa - Bill Drafting Guide (2017 published by Iowa Legislative Services Agency, posted online by State Library of Iowa)
Kansas - Not available
Kentucky - Bill Drafting Manual (2011)
Louisiana House - Drafting Manual (2016)
Maine - Drafting Manual (2016)
Maryland - Legislative Drafting Manual (2015)
Massachusetts - Legislative Drafting Manual (2010)
Michigan - Not available
Minnesota - Revisors Manual (2013) Rules Drafting Manual (1997)
Missouri - Not available
Mississippi - Not available
Montana - Bill Drafting Manual (2020)
Nebraska - Not available
Nevada - Drafting Manual (2017 manual)
New Hampshire - Not available
New Jersey - Not available
New Mexico - Drafting Manual (2015)
New York - Not available
North Carolina - Not available
North Dakota - Legislative Drafting Manual (2019)
Ohio - Not available
Oklahoma - Not available
Oregon - Drafting Manual (2018) Form and Style Manual (2019)
Pennsylvania - Code and Bulletin Style Manual (2014)
South Carolina - Not available
South Dakota - Guide to Legislative Drafting (2019)
Tennessee - Legislative Drafting Guide (2019)
Texas - Drafting Manual (2020) Reading Statutes and Bills (primer on how to read them)
Utah - Drafting Manual (2014 style manual)
Vermont - Not available
Virginia - Not available
Washington - Bill Drafting Guide (2019)
West Virginia - Drafting Manual (2017)
Wisconsin - Not available
Wyoming - Not available
DC Council - Legislative Drafting Manual (2019)
Congressional
U.S. House of Representatives -- Quick Guide - Legislative Drafting Guide
U.S. Senate - not available at this time
Other
New York City (2018)
King County, WA (2019)