Viewing the Legislative History

The Legislative History view lists all the legislation on record for the jurisdiction in reverse chronological order. To view it, click the Track button in the main navigation bar, then click “Legislative History.”

Main navigation bar with the Track menu open and the Legislative History item highlighted.

Enactments (legislation) are included when they have affected the code(s) on this site, are available in PDF format, or are listed for historic reference.

Legislative History page including a Filters button, page number buttons, and a table of enactments with Number, Description, Action Date, and Disposition columns.

The view can be filtered by type of legislation, year of adoption, and current effective status.

Filters area with controls to filter by a range of years, by type, and by status.

Histories of Sections

To view the legislative history of a particular code section, click the “History of This Section” button in a section’s heading, or click the abbreviated history note that appears at the end of the section.

Part of a code section ending with a parenthetical history note listing abbreviated references to ordinances.

In the dialog that appears, amendments to the section will be listed by date and link to the enactments that made those amendments. (Some sections may not have histories available, in which case the button will be greyed out.)

History of This Section dialog listing several amendment entries, each with an associated ordinance and some with links to view and compare code versions.

Enactment Information

Clicking on any enactment in the Legislative History view or a History of This Section dialog opens a separate dialog with more information on the enactment, including any affected sections in the code(s) on this site.

The “Files Available” section links to a PDF scan of the original copy of the enactment, if any is available.

Enactment information dialog for an ordinance listing its description, disposition, adoption date, corresponding document version (with View and Compare buttons), and affected sections.

Print-Style Enactment Tables

In the Tables section at the end of a code, an Ordinance Table, Resolution Table, or similar may appear. These tables lists all available enactments in a print-ready format, similar to that which appears in any print version of the code.

Print-style Ordinance Table page with an introductory paragraph and the first entry of the table. A highlighted link directs users to the Legislative History view for more features.

If an enactment is codified, its location in the code is cited by chapter number at the end of the enactment description. Enactments are usually codified if they are general, permanent, and/or include penalty provisions for noncompliance. “Not codified” indicates that the enactment could have been codified but was not for some reason (e.g., superseded by a later enactment, codified in a separate publication). “Special” means the enactment was special in nature or for a specific period of time (e.g., budget, annexation, tax levy).

As noted in the text with blue background, the Legislative History view (see above) offers more features than the print-style table(s).

Highlighted link directing users to the Legislative History view for more features.