Research

Scope and Content Note

The series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, internal memoranda between committee members, bill analyses, issue papers, copies of sponsor's memoranda, copies of draft and final legislation, newspaper clippings, copies of articles from consumer related publications, and other materials relating to legislation developed by the committee. Also present is a small amount of summary information on legislation, including status sheets, budget priorities, committee agendas, and final or annual reports.

The files pertain to legislation which was adopted, as well as some legislation vetoed by the governor or never enacted. In addition to documenting the work of the committee in developing and acting upon legislation to protect consumers' rights, the files provide detailed information on the legislative process and on the progress, strengths, and weaknesses of consumer-related legislation introduced into the State Assembly.