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Viewing Current, Future, and All Versions in Laws & Regulations Search Results

View currently effective, future effective, or both together in your search results on the Laws & Regulations dashboard.

Last updated on 15 Sept, 2026

In the VitalLaw Laws & Regulations dashboard, you can see your search results separated into three tabs: Current versions, Future versions, or All versions, allowing you to find the most relevant results for your search.

NOTE:  Each tab will appear even if there are no results in that tab. For example, a search result that contains no future effective results will still show the future effective tab.

To use the Versions Tabs in your search results list:

Conduct a search on the Laws & Regulations dashboard (part of the Primary Source tab).

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Version options appear along the top of the search results list. 

Both Current versions and All versions are default sorted by Relevance. 

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However, the Future versions view is default-sorted by Effective date and includes the effective date of the law or regulation in the results. 

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The All versions tab includes informational pills that allow you to see whether a statute or regulation is currently effective or effective in the future.

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