Breaking Down a Statute
Click on one of the links below to view the text of a state statute. After you have read the statute, provide its citation and explain to your classmates what the statute does. Identify the elements of the statute, the causal language, the outcome, and the exceptions (not all statutes will have exceptions).
Illinois Compiled Statutes:
https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=3451&ChapterID=39
Florida Statutes:
https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0300-0399/0310/Sections/0310.111.html
Idaho Statutes:
https://www.legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title49/T49CH7SECT49-715.htm
Kentucky Statutes:
https://www.lrc.ky.gov/KRS/383-00/100.PDF
Nebraska Statutes:
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=41-214
Oregon Revised Statutes:
https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/164.383
Arizona Statute:
https://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/28/00907.htm