SOCW344: Social Welfare: Policies and Analysis: Citing Legislation

Pending Legislation

Include:

1. The abbreviated name of the legislative body according to Bluebook rules on abbreviation

New York State Assembly: Assemb.

New York State Senate: S.

2. The number of the session (this could also be a date range i.e. 2016-2017 in the case of State documents) and if referencing a particular section, include this section symbol "§" followed by a number (all bills and resolutions are divided into sections).

3. The title of the bill/resolution (if relevant and not unwieldy to include i.e. really long)

4. The Abbreviation of the state (this can be found in table T10 of The Bluebook) and the year of the publication (the date of the document you are looking at) 

Bills:

Assemb. A00070, 2015-2016 Reg. Sess. (N.Y. 2015).

S. 631, 2015-2016 Reg. Sess. (N.Y. 2015).

Resolutions:

S. Res. J1236, 2017-2018 Reg. Sess. (N.Y. 2017).

Assemb. Res. K339, 2017-2018 Reg. Sess. (N.Y. 2017).

Codes and Statutes

Include:

1. Statute name, if it has a common name.

2. Title Number (refers to volumes of the code)

3. Source abbreviated, the New York State code is abbreviated based upon where it is accessed.  In Nexis Uni, it will be through the New York Consolidated Law Service which is abbreviated: N.Y. <Subject> LAW.  Subjects are abbreviated and can be found in table T1

4. Section number or numbers with "§" in front

5. Year, the year of the code edition, not the year it was enacted and the service that provides it, in the case of New York it is McKinney.

So for the Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act, the citation would be:

Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act, N.Y. Mental Hyg. LAW § 19.07 (McKinney 2017).

Pending Legislation ***this example is an approximation based upon Bluebook rules as there is no example for pending county legislation available***

Include:

1. The name of the resolution (if relevant or of reasonable length)

2. The abbreviated name of the legislative body, for Dutchess County it would be: Dutchess Cty. Leg.

3. The number assigned to the material

4. The year of publication

Dutchess Cty. Leg. Res. 2018019, (2018).

Passed Legislation

Include:

1. The name of the County with the abbreviated state name at the beginning.  Refer to Table T1 of The Bluebook for the abbreviation

2. The name of the code

3. The section

4. The year of the code

So for the Youth Services Ordinance from the Dutchess County Code, the citation would be:

Dutchess Cty, N.Y., Admin. Code art. 16 § 16.03 (2016).

Pending Legislation ***this example is an approximation based upon Bluebook rules as there is no example for pending municipality legislation available***

Include:

1. The name of the resolution (if relevant or of reasonable length)

2. The abbreviated name of the legislative body, Poughkeepsie Common Council

3. The number assigned to the material

4. The year of publication

Poughkeepsie Common Council Res. R17-11, (2017).

Passed Legislation

Include:

1. The name of the municipality with the abbreviated state name at the beginning.  Refer to Table T1 of The Bluebook for the abbreviation

2. The name of the code

3. The section

4. The year of the code

So for the ordinance for placing signs on unfit dwellings, the citation would be:

Poughkeepsie, N.Y., ORDINANCES Ch. 12, Div. 4, § 12-60 (2016).