Legislatures may choose to issue transcripts of the words spoken in their debates and proceedings.
Similarly, whilst the Canadian federal parliament has had a Hansard since its 1867 inception, its provinces largely did not adopt them until the late 20th century.
In the United States, the houses of Congress have maintained journals since their 1789 creation, a transcript of its debates did not begin until the 1824 Register of the Debates of Congress, whose successors began offering verbatim transcription in 1851 and evolved into the Congressional Record.
The Dominion of Newfoundland began printing a Hansard in 1909, which continued until the Commission of Government assumed control in 1933.
After Newfoundland regained responsible government upon joining Canada in 1949, the production of Hansards restarted and continued to this day.