Slip laws are legislative enactments which are separately and promptly published in a pamphlet or a single sheet after its passage. Session laws are the name commonly given to the body of laws that are enacted a legislature at one of its annual or biennial sessions.
Session laws consist of a compilation of slip laws that are bound by session.
Codes consist of a compilation of all the permanent laws in force consolidated and classified according to subject matter. Annotated codes include selected codes that are cross referenced to cases that interpret the statutory section. Each medium has its advantages as well as its disadvantages in terms of access, quality of information, and cost. The print versions for slip laws consist of an official version and an unofficial version. The public laws, the official version, are laws that are separately issued and contain only a single act.