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Legislative History in Virginia

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1776 October https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol09-08.htm
1777 May

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol09-13.htm
1777/78 October

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol09-16.htm
1778 May

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol09-21.htm
1778 October

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol09-22.htm
1779 May

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol10-01.htm
1779 October

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol10-07.htm
1780 May

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol10-11.htm
1780/81 October

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol10-16.htm
1781 March

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol10-19.htm
1781 May

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol10-20.htm
1781/82 November

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1782 May

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol11-01.htm
1782 October

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol11-06.htm
1783 May

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol11-10.htm
1783 October

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1784 May

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol11-18.htm
1784/85 October

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol11-21.htm
1785/86 October

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol12-01.htm
1786/87 October

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol12-11.htm
1787/88 October

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol12-19.htm
1788 June

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol12-28.htm
1788 October

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol12-29.htm
1789 October

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol13-01.htm
1790 October

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol13-06.htm
1791 October

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol13-12.htm
1792 October

https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/vol13-16.htm
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1794 November https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112104867306?urlappend=%3Bseq=293%3Bownerid=13510798902427722-297
1795 November https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112104867306?urlappend=%3Bseq=347%3Bownerid=13510798902427722-351
1796 November https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112104867314
1797/98 December https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112104867314?urlappend=%3Bseq=79%3Bownerid=13510798902427740-83
1798/99 December https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112104867314?urlappend=%3Bseq=147%3Bownerid=13510798902427740-151
1799/1800 December https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112104867314?urlappend=%3Bseq=203%3Bownerid=13510798902427740-207
1800/01   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112104867314?urlappend=%3Bseq=255%3Bownerid=13510798902427740-259
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1803/04   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048295
1804/05   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048303
1805/06   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112104867322?urlappend=%3Bseq=209%3Bownerid=13510798902427761-213
1806/07   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048311
1807/08   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048329
1808/09  

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001942408?

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1809/10   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048345
1810/11  

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001942408?

urlappend=%3Bseq=317%3Bownerid=13510798903001612-331
1811/12   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048360
1812/13   Digital Copy Not Available
1813/14  

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Acts_of_the_

General_Assembly_of_the_Comm/bM9OAQAAIAAJ 
1814/15  

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Acts_of_the_

General_Assembly_of_the_Comm/P8hOAQAAIAAJ 
1815/16   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001803030
1816/17   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048188
1817/18   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048196
1818/19   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001803063
1819/20   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048212
1820/21   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048220
1821/22   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048238
1822/23   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048246
1823/24   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048253
1824/25   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048261
1825/26   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001803139
1826/27   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001803147
1827/28   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32437123259661
1828/29   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001803162
1829/30   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001803170
1830/31   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001803188
1831/32   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048089
1832/33   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048097
1833/34   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048105
1834/35   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048113
1835/36   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101068567070
1836/37   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048121
1837 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048139
1838 January https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048147
1839 January https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048154
1839/40   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048162
1840/41   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007047933
1841/42   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007047941
1842/43   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007047958
1843/44   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007047966
1844/45   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007047974
1845/46   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007047982
1846/47   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007047990
1847/48   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048006
1848/49   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048014
1849, 1849/50 Extra and Regular https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007048022
1850/51   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001803337
1852 January https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924089351989
1852/53   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007047818
1853/54   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007047826
1855/56   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001803360
1857/58   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007047859
1859/60   Digital Copy Not Available
1861, Wheeling July https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112203964764
1861/62, Wheeling   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007052099?urlappend=%3Bseq=61%3Bownerid=27021597768684250-65
1862, Wheeling May https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007052099?urlappend=%3Bseq=139%3Bownerid=27021597768684250-151
1862/63, Wheeling   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32437123249134
1863/64, Alexandria   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112203235512
1864/65, Alexandria   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/emu.000011328350
1865, Alexandria June Digital Copy Not Available
1861 January https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073363309
1861/62   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073363317
1862 April https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073363317?urlappend=%3Bseq=191%3Bownerid=27021597768417616-199
1862, 1863 Sept, Jan-March https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073363325
1863 Sept-Nov https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073363333
1863/64   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073363333?urlappend=%3Bseq=63%3Bownerid=27021597768417651-67
1864/65   Digital Copy Not Available
1865 June https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073363341
1865/66   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001787589
1866/67   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752263
1867 Extra

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752263?

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1869/70   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001787605
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1871/72   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073363366
1872/73   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073363374
1874   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x004889502
1874/75   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752212
1875/76   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001787662
1876/77   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073363408
1877/78   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001787688
1878/79   Digital Copy Not Available
1879/80   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752208
1881/82   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073363416
1882 Extra

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073363416?urlappend=%3Bseq=329%3Bownerid=27021597768415779-337
1883/84   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073363424
1884 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752207
1885/86   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073363440
1887 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007052990
1887/88   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001738111
1889/90  

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x004722184
1891/92   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001738137
1893/94   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001738145
1895/96   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752213
1897/98   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752217
1899/1900   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001738178
1901 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007053071
1901/02   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752214
1902, 1902/03, 1903/04 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x004407700
1904   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007052875
1906   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007052883
1908   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007052891
1910   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007052909
1912   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007052917
1914   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007052925
1915 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007052933
1916   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007052941
1918   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007052966
1919 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007052735
1920   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007052743
1922   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433007052750
1923  

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Acts_of_the_

General_Assembly_of_the_Comm/pcxOAQAAIAAJ 
1924   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101073363507
1926  

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Acts_of_the_

General_Assembly_of_the_Comm/VMJOAQAAIAAJ 
1927  

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Acts_of_the_

General_Assembly_of_the_Comm/5cxOAQAAIAAJ 
1928   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3830620
1930  

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752226 
1932   Digital Copy Not Available
1933 Extra 

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d022802102
1934   Digital Copy Not Available
1936  

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752227 
1936/37 Extra 

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211352 
1938  

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211353 
1940  

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211354 
1942  

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211355 
1942 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3830621
1944   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3830621?urlappend=%3Bseq=57%3Bownerid=9007199257535135-61
1944/45 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3830622
1945 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280220z?urlappend=%3Bseq=29%3Bownerid=13510798903913595-33
1946   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211357
1947 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211359
1948   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211360
1950   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211361
1952   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280223t
1952 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280224r
1954   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280224r
1955 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211363
1956  

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1956 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211367
1958   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211367?urlappend=%3Bseq=171%3Bownerid=27021597765406968-175
1959 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211370
1960   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211369
1962   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280229h
1963 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280230w
1964   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280230w?urlappend=%3Bseq=21%3Bownerid=13510798903911559-25
1964 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752233
1965 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752233?urlappend=%3Bseq=39%3Bownerid=27021597769577915-53
1966   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752233?urlappend=%3Bseq=51%3Bownerid=27021597769558762-63
1968 Vol. 1 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752235
1968 Vol. 2 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211376
1969 Extra https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280235m
1970 Vol. 1 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211377
1970 Vol. 2 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211379
1971   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030211380
1972 Vol. 1 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752239
1972 Vol. 2 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030752238
1973   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280241r
1974 Vol. 1 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280242p
1974 Vol. 2 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280243n
1975 Vol. 1 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280244l
1975 Vol. 2 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280245j
1976 Vol. 1 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280246h
1976 Vol. 2 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280247f
1977 Vol. 1 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280248d
1977 Vol. 2 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d02280249b
1978 Vol. 1

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.d0000512962
1978 Vol. 2

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.d0000512970
1979  Vol. 1

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.d0000512988
1979 Vol. 2

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.d0000512996
1980 Vol. 1

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.d0000513002
1980 Vol. 2

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.d0000513010
1981-2013   Digital Copy Not Available
2014-   https://publications.virginiageneralassembly.gov/all

 

Books

  • Virginia. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia [title varies]. (Richmond, 1776–  ). K71.1.V84 [yr] thru K71.1.V87 [yr]
  • Virginia. Index of Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia [title varies]. (Richmond, 1912–2000). KFV2440.A5 [yr] 
  • Virginia. Index to Enrolled Bills of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776 to 1910. (Richmond,1911). KFV2440.A5 1776/1910
  • Virginia. The Laws of Virginia: Being a Supplement to Hening's The Statutes at Large, 1700–1750. (Richmond, 1971). K71.1.V73 H5 1969 suppl. 
  • Virginia. The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, From the First Session of the Legislature in the Year 1619. (Charlottesville,1969). K71.1.V73 H5 1969
  • Virginia. The Statutes at Large of Virginia, From October Session 1792, to December Session 1806 [i.e. 1807], Inclusive, in 3 Volumes, (New Series, ) Being a Continuation of Hening... (Richmond, 1835–36). K71.1.V73 S5

Microfilm

  • Library of Congress. Records of the States of the United States of America : [Virginia, 1660–1837 : B.2 Session Laws]: a Microfilm Compilation. (Washington,1949). Film 358
  • Virginia. Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia [title varies]. (Richmond, 1838–1870). Film 358a

Archival Resources

Search the Archives and Manuscripts collection in the catalog to locate individual Acts (e.g., "Act of Assembly" 1714).