Find the year of the laws you are interested in. Look up the chapter number and the section number that you found listed in the history section of the code. Look at the first page of your session law chapter and right under the chapter number, you will see the bill number that corresponds to it in the chapter heading. You need to know the year and bill number to further trace the law's history. A bill is a proposed statutory enactment.
Most resolutions have no legal weight, but do express the feelings of the legislature.
Resolutions replaced memorials which were pleadings to the U.S. Congress to take a particular action. The series include bills that died in committee and those that failed to pass one or more chambers. The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel provides assistance in bill drafting and is required to review all bills prior to introduction for constitutionality. Drafting records may contain useful background information about the source or the purpose of the bill. The contents of drafting files vary but typically contain the original drafting request, correspondence suggesting the purpose of the proposal and who requested it, copies of earlier bills that were used as models, model bills originating from other states, drafts of the bill, and letters and memoranda given to or created by the legislative attorney in the process of drafting the bill, resolution, or subsequent amendments.