If there are any remarks or debate, they will be listed in the bill history and/or the entries in the indexes of the Legislative Journals.
- Read through the history entry and make note of the relevant pages.
- For acts passed after 1969: Read through the history entry and make note of the date and page numbers each time remarks or debate are listed. Look for wording like "Remarks, see House Journal, Page..." or "Remarks or Debate". If there are remarks or debate listed, you will find references by date and sometimes page number to the House or Senate Journal pages. Often there are no remarks or debate listed, or the remarks or debate listed may not relate to the section of the act in which you are interested.
- For acts passed before 1970: Read through the history and index entries and make note of all dates and page numbers listed, even if there is no mention of remarks or debate.
- Find the corresponding pages in the House Legislative Journal and/or the Senate Legislative Journal. For where to find the House and Senate Legislative Journals, see the Key Resources page of this guide.
- Publication of the House and Senate Legislative Journals ceased in hard copy in 2005. For acts passed after 2005, see the "Online" section above.
Debate may sometimes begin or end a few pages before or after the journal pages noted in the history entries. To ensure that you have viewed the beginning and end of a particular section of debate, try looking at a few pages before the noted page references and a few pages after.
