Get a clear picture of a statute's evolution from a single screen.
Find and analyze statutes using an easy-to-read visual display.
Graphical Statutes on Westlaw illustrate the evolution of a statute on one screen that's easy to scan. See the big picture laid out clearly, with links to past, present, and future versions of statutes. Click through to track changes in the law and locate relevant legislative history for each version.
The Graphical Statutes interface gives you complete information.
- Prior, current, and future versions of statutes
- Recently enacted and proposed legislation
- Legislative history materials, such as bill drafts, reports, journals, and the Congressional Record
- Cases that negatively affect a statute
The Graphical Statutes feature is available for these jurisdictions.
- Federal (1996 to present)
- California (1999 to present)
- Florida (2000 to present)
- Illinois (2000 to present)
- Massachusetts (2000 to present)
- New Jersey (2000 to present)
- New York (1999 to present)
- Pennsylvania (2000 to present)
- Texas (2000 to present)
Take a Closer Look
View a demo »
See how the Graphical Statutes interface gives you intuitive access to past, present, and future versions of a statute.
Product Support
Get a user guide»
This quick reference explains how to use Graphical Statutes to understand changes to a statute and retrieve relevant legislative history
documents.