
“The background and events leading to the enactment of a statute, including hearings, committee reports, and floor debates”
(Black’s Law Dictionary, deluxe 9th edition)
Legislative history can help you figure out what a law means and why it says what it does.
We recommend using Lexis Uni if you need to Shepardize a specific law. To Shepardize means to be able to follow a law backward and forward in time to see how it changes.