Code Links for Legislation

With our standardize content, we can link to the code section affected by the bill within LexisNexis® so you can examine how a proposal will impact existing law.

To take advantage of our code links:

1. No matter what search you decide to use, within your results, click on the bill number of choice to access the bill reader:

2. Within the bill reader, you can click on "Links to affected code section" within the text version of your choice to access this feature: 

• Once you select this feature, the text window will open up.

3. Click on "Links to code compare" located at the top.

• This will take you to the very first instance, where a section is being affected. Click on the red hyperlink:

• There are 2 options when you click on the red hyperlink: "Code Compare" or "Code Link":
• Code Compare will reveal the changes to that particular Section or code being impacted upon enactment.
• Code Link will reveal the section or code as it stands currently today.

4.  If you are authorized for State Net Code Navigator, Lexis+, or Lexis AI you will be able to access the impacted statute on the Lexis Legal Research product from these hyperlinks.  From there you can:

• You can navigate the code’s Table of Contents to easily browse to other applicable sections of that law.
• Review other enacted bills impacting this statute that have yet to be codified
• Compare the newly enacted laws with the previously codified version.

Do you have a need to research existing statutory and administrative code? Reach out to your Client Service Rep at [e-mail] about State Net's Code Navigator!