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State | Session Dates | Intro Deadlines | Crossover Deadline | Carryover | Other Notes and Deadlines (Special Session, etc.) | |||
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Start | Adjournment | House | Senate | '23 to '24 | '24 to '25 | |||
Alabama | 2/6/24 | 5/9/24 | 4/23/24 | 4/30/24 | No | No | 4/30/24 is 26th legislative day, deadline in Senate to pass own bills | |
Alaska | 1/16/24 | 5/15/24 | 2/19/24 | 2/19/24 | Yes | No | ||
Arizona | 1/8/24 | 5/31/24 | 2/5/24 | 1/29/24 | No | No | Adjournment TBA, budget negotiations ongoing; session extended past 4/20/24 adjournment deadline (Saturday after 100th day, 4/16/24) | |
Arkansas | 4/10/24 | 5/9/24 | 4/24/24 | 4/24/24 | No | No | TBA special session in June, re: Game & Fish Commission appropriations | |
California | 1/3/24 | 8/31/24 | 2/16/24 | 2/16/24 | 5/24/24 | Yes | No | Last day for bills from 2023 to pass house of origin 1/31/24 |
Colorado | 1/10/24 | 5/8/24 | 2/9/24 | 2/2/24 | 3/15/24 | No | No | |
Connecticut | 2/7/24 | 5/8/24 | No | No | ||||
Delaware | 1/9/24 | 6/30/24 | Yes | No | ||||
Florida | 1/9/24 | 3/8/24 | 1/9/24 | 1/9/24 | No | No | ||
Georgia | 1/8/24 | 3/28/24 | 2/29/24 | Yes | No | |||
Hawaii | 1/17/24 | 5/3/24 | 1/24/24 | 1/24/24 | 3/7/24 | Yes | No | |
Idaho | 1/8/24 | 4/10/24 | 2/2/24 | 1/19/24 | 3/4/24 | No | No | Adjournment pushed back from 3/22/24 target adjournment date |
Illinois | 1/16/24 | 5/24/24 | 2/9/24 | 2/9/24 | 4/19/24 | Yes | No | Senate crossover deadline 4/12/23; House crossover 4/19/23 |
Indiana | 1/8/24 | 3/8/24 | 1/18/24 | 1/16/24 | 2/6/24 | No | No | Crossover deadline for House bills 2/5/24; Senate bill crossover 2/6/24 |
Iowa | 1/8/24 | 4/20/24 | 1/26/24 | 1/26/24 | 3/4/24 | Yes | No | 100th day of session (adjournment target) 4/16/24 |
Kansas | 1/8/24 | 4/30/24 | 2/7/24 | 2/7/24 | 2/23/24 | Yes | No | First adjournment 4/5/24; Veto session 4/25/24 - 4/30/24; TBA special session, re: taxes |
Kentucky | 1/2/24 | 4/15/24 | 2/26/24 | 2/28/24 | No | No | Veto recess 3/29/24 - 4/9/24 | |
Louisiana | 3/11/24 | 6/3/24 | 4/2/24 | 4/2/24 | 5/31/24 | No | No | Special session, re: redistricting, 1/15/24 - 1/23/24; Special session, re: crime, 2/19/24 - 2/29/24 |
Maine | 1/3/24 | 4/17/24 | Yes | No | Veto session 5/10/24 | |||
Maryland | 1/10/24 | 4/8/24 | 2/9/24 | 2/5/24 | 3/18/24 | No | No | |
Massachusetts | 1/3/24 | 7/31/24 | Yes | No | Committee deadline 2/7/24; Formal session ends 7/31/24; Informal session 8/1/24 - 12/31/24 | |||
Michigan | 1/10/24 | 12/31/24 | Yes | No | ||||
Minnesota | 2/12/24 | 5/20/24 | Yes | No | Deadline to pass bills from non-fiscal committees 3/22/24; fiscal committee deadline 4/19/24 | |||
Mississippi | 1/2/24 | 5/4/24 | 2/19/24 | 2/19/24 | 3/14/24 | No | No | Legislature declined to reconvene 5/14/24, as provided under adjournment agreement to consider vetoes |
Missouri | 1/3/24 | 5/17/24 | 3/1/24 | No | No | Veto session 9/11/24 | ||
Montana | No regular session in even-numbered years | |||||||
Nebraska | 1/3/24 | 4/18/24 | 1/18/24 | Yes | No | Special session, re: taxes, expected TBA | ||
Nevada | No regular session in even-numbered years | |||||||
New Hampshire | 1/3/24 | 6/28/24 | 1/4/24 | 4/11/24 | Yes | No | ||
New Jersey | 1/9/24 | 12/31/24 | No | Yes | ||||
New Mexico | 1/16/24 | 2/15/24 | 1/31/24 | 1/31/24 | No | No | Special session, re: public safety, convenes 7/18/24 | |
New York | 1/3/24 | 6/6/24 | Yes | No | ||||
North Carolina | 4/24/24 | 7/31/24 | Yes | No | ||||
North Dakota | No regular session in even-numbered years | |||||||
Ohio | 1/2/24 | 12/31/24 | Yes | No | ||||
Oklahoma | 2/5/24 | 5/31/24 | 1/18/24 | 1/18/24 | 3/14/24 | Yes | No | Special session, re: taxes, convened 1/29/24 |
Oregon | 2/5/24 | 3/7/24 | No | No | First house committee posting deadline 2/12/24; First house committee passage deadline 2/19/24 | |||
Pennsylvania | 1/2/24 | 11/30/24 | Yes | No | ||||
Rhode Island | 1/2/24 | 6/30/24 | 2/15/24 | 2/15/24 | No | No | Senate committee deadline 4/11/24; Initial House committee bill hearing deadline 4/10/24 | |
South Carolina | 1/9/24 | 5/9/24 | 4/10/24 | Yes | No | Veto session(s) convene 6/5/24, 6/18/24, & 6/25/24 | ||
South Dakota | 1/9/24 | 3/26/24 | 2/1/24 | 2/1/24 | 2/21/24 | No | No | Last day of session delayed one day due to winter storm (was scheduled 3/25/24) |
Tennessee | 1/9/24 | 4/25/24 | 1/31/24 | 2/1/24 | Yes | No | ||
Texas | No regular session in even-numbered years | |||||||
Utah | 1/16/24 | 3/1/24 | 1/26/24 | 1/26/24 | 2/27/24 | No | No | |
Vermont | 1/3/24 | 5/10/24 | 3/15/24 | Yes | No | Veto session 6/17/24 | ||
Virginia | 1/10/24 | 3/9/24 | 1/19/24 | 1/19/24 | 2/13/24 | No | Yes | Veto session 4/17/24; Special session, re: budget, 5/13/24 |
Washington | 1/8/24 | 3/7/24 | 2/13/24 | Yes | No | Committee deadline, except fiscal cmtes, 1/31/24; fiscal committee deadline 2/5/24 | ||
West Virginia | 1/10/24 | 3/9/24 | 2/13/24 | 2/19/24 | 2/28/24 | Yes | No | Special session began 5/19/24, re: various appropriations |
Wisconsin | 1/16/24 | 3/12/24 | Yes | No | Last day of regular session 3/12/24; Interim, committee work 3/15/24 -1/6/25; Senate veto session 5/14/24 | |||
Wyoming | 2/12/24 | 3/8/24 | 2/16/24 | 2/16/24 | 2/26/24 | No | No |