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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building
1201 Brazos Street
P.O. Box 12927
Austin, Texas 78711-2927
(512) 463-5455 • FAX (512) 463-5430

The Texas State Library and Archives Commission houses records of Texas government from the Spanish colonial era through the present. Its resources include the following:

  • Copies of bills and resolutions introduced from the first Congress of the Republic of Texas in 1836 through 1972
  • Legislative, executive, judicial, and military records, as well as the official records of many Texas leaders
  • Audio recordings of senate committee meetings and floor debate from 1972 to 2001
  • Digitized versions of audio recordings of senate public committee hearings and floor debates from the 62nd through 65th Legislatures (1971-1978) and of Senate Bill 1, relating to public education reform, from the 74th Legislature (1995), on the library's website
  • Texas session laws
Materials cannot be checked out from the archives, but some items in the reference and documents collections are allowed to circulate. Copies are available to the public at a nominal fee and to state agencies and members of the legislature at no charge.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
  This website is published by the Texas Legislative Council. This page was last updated August 30, 2010.