Performing a Legislation Search

Use Checkpoint's Legislation Search to search for current or prior legislation by topic, year, code, or section.

On the menu bar, click the Search menu. The Search screen appears.
On the left navigation bar, select a practice area from the Practice Area drop-down list.
On the left navigation bar, click Legislation Search.
Under Legislation Search, select the current year (default) or a previous year you would like to search.
- If you select current year, the current year legislation resources appear.
- If you select a prior year, the legislation resources associated with that year appear.
Click one or more check boxes next to the information you want to retrieve (such as Full Text of Committee Reports). You can also click Select All to select all current legislation topics or Deselect All to clear the checkboxes.
On some templates, you may also have the option to enter keywords in the Keywords field for a more focused search. Select either the Intuitive Search or Terms & Connectors method to use for the search.
You can also search by Code Section or Act Section by entering the relevant numbers in the Search by or Retrieve Document by Citation fields.
Click Search to execute the search and view the results.