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| State | Session Dates | Intro Deadlines | Crossover Deadline | Carryover | Other Notes and Deadlines (Special Session, etc.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Alaska | 1/16/24 | 5/15/24 | 2/19/24 | 2/19/24 | Yes | No | ||
| Arizona | 1/8/24 | 6/30/24 | 2/5/24 | 1/29/24 | No | No | Session extended past 4/20/24 deadline; adjournment TBA; budget deadline 6/30/24 | |
| 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 | Budget deadline 6/15/24 |
| 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 | TBA special session possible, re: car tax | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Iowa | 1/8/24 | 4/20/24 | 1/26/24 | 1/26/24 | 3/4/24 | Yes | No | |
| Kansas | 1/8/24 | 4/30/24 | 2/7/24 | 2/7/24 | 2/23/24 | Yes | No | TBA special session, re: taxes |
| Kentucky | 1/2/24 | 4/15/24 | 2/26/24 | 2/28/24 | No | No | ||
| 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 | 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 | ||||
| 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 |
| 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 | 5/7/24 | 5/7/24 | Yes | No | No crossover in even-numbered years in NC; intro deadlines have 9 types of exceptions | |
| North Dakota | No regular session in even-numbered years | |||||||
| Ohio | 1/2/24 | 12/31/24 | Yes | No | Special session, re: elections, 5/28/24 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |||
| West Virginia | 1/10/24 | 3/9/24 | 2/13/24 | 2/19/24 | 2/28/24 | Yes | No | Special session, re: various appropriations, 5/19/24 - 5/21/24 |
| Wisconsin | 1/16/24 | 3/12/24 | Yes | No | 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 | |