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| State | Session Dates | Intro Deadlines | Crossover Deadline | Carryover | Other Notes and Deadlines (Special Session, etc.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Adjournment | House | Senate | '21 to '22 | '22 to '23 | |||
| Alabama | 1/11/22 | 4/7/22 | No | No | Special session, re: ARPA funds, 1/19/22 -1/27/22 | |||
| Alaska | 1/18/22 | 5/18/22 | 2/21/22 | 2/21/22 | Yes | No | 90-day statutory session limit 4/17/22; 121st day constitutional session limit 5/18/22 | |
| Arizona | 1/10/22 | 6/30/22 | 2/7/22 | 1/31/22 | No | No | 4/19/22 - Session extended past 100th day deadline; adjournment TBD, expected late June | |
| Arkansas | 2/14/22 | 3/15/22 | 2/28/22 | 2/28/22 | No | No | Session adjourned 3/8/22; reconvenes 3/15/22 for official sine die | |
| California | 1/3/22 | 8/31/22 | 2/18/22 | 2/18/22 | 5/27/22 | Yes | No | Last day for bills introduced in 2021 to pass first house 1/31/22 |
| Colorado | 1/12/22 | 5/11/22 | 2/2/22 | 1/28/22 | 3/2/22 | No | No | |
| Connecticut | 2/9/22 | 5/4/22 | 2/10/22 | 2/10/22 | No | No | Deadlines for each committee to report bills: 3/17/22 - 4/8/22 | |
| Delaware | 1/11/22 | 6/30/22 | Yes | No | ||||
| Florida | 1/11/22 | 3/14/22 | 1/11/22 | 1/11/22 | No | No | 1st Special session, re: redistricting, 4/19/22 - 4/22/22; 2nd Special session, re: property insurance begins 5/23/22 | |
| Georgia | 1/10/22 | 4/4/22 | 3/15/22 | Yes | No | |||
| Hawaii | 1/19/22 | 5/5/22 | 1/26/22 | 1/26/22 | 3/10/22 | Yes | No | Committee deadline 3/4/22; Bills referred to two committees must pass 1st cmte by 2/18/22 |
| Idaho | 1/10/22 | 3/31/22 | 2/4/22 | 1/25/22 | 3/7/22 | No | No | Adjournment moved from 3/25/22 to 3/31/22 |
| Illinois | 1/5/22 | 4/9/22 | 1/28/22 | 1/28/22 | 3/4/22 | Yes | No | Fall 2022 veto session TBA |
| Indiana | 1/4/22 | 3/8/22 | 1/11/22 | 1/7/22 | 2/1/22 | No | No | "Technical Corrections Day"/veto session 5/24/22 |
| Iowa | 1/10/22 | 6/30/22 | 1/21/22 | 1/21/22 | Yes | No | 100th day deadline (target adjournment date) 4/19/22; session now in overtime | |
| Kansas | 1/10/22 | 5/23/22 | 2/9/22 | 2/9/22 | 2/24/22 | Yes | No | Recessed 4/28/22; reconvenes 5/23/22 |
| Kentucky | 1/4/22 | 4/14/22 | 2/28/22 | 3/2/22 | No | No | Veto recess 3/31/22 - 4/12/22 | |
| Louisiana | 3/14/22 | 6/6/22 | 4/5/22 | 4/5/22 | 6/3/22 | No | No | Special session, re: redistricting, 2/1/22 - 2/18/22; Veto session 3/20/22 |
| Maine | 1/5/22 | 5/9/22 | Yes | No | Regular session adjourned 4/24/22; reconvened 5/9/22 for veto session | |||
| Maryland | 1/12/22 | 4/11/22 | 2/4/22 | 2/7/22 | 3/21/22 | No | No | Committee deadline 3/15/22 |
| Massachusetts | 1/5/22 | 7/31/22 | Yes | No | Informal session 8/1/22 - 1/2/23 | |||
| Michigan | 1/12/22 | 12/31/22 | Yes | No | ||||
| Minnesota | 1/31/22 | 5/23/22 | Yes | No | First committee deadline 3/25/22; Second committee deadline 4/1/22; Third committee deadline 4/8/22 | |||
| Mississippi | 1/4/22 | 4/5/22 | 1/17/22 | 1/17/22 | 2/10/22 | No | No | Committee deadline 2/1/22 |
| Missouri | 1/5/22 | 5/13/22 | 3/1/22 | No | No | Veto session 9/14/22 | ||
| Montana | No regular session in even-numbered years | |||||||
| Nebraska | 1/5/22 | 4/20/22 | Yes | No | Deadline for designation of priority bills (30th legislative day) - 2/23/22 | |||
| Nevada | No regular session in even-numbered years | |||||||
| New Hampshire | 1/5/22 | 6/30/22 | 1/7/22 | 3/31/22 | Yes | No | House committee deadline 3/24/22 | |
| New Jersey | 1/11/22 | 12/31/22 | No | Yes | ||||
| New Mexico | 1/18/22 | 2/17/22 | 2/2/22 | 2/2/22 | No | No | Special session, re: appropriations, gas prices, 4/5/22 | |
| New York | 1/5/22 | 6/2/22 | Yes | No | Budget deadline 3/31/22; new fiscal year starts 4/1/22 | |||
| North Carolina | 5/18/22 | 6/30/22 | Yes | No | In 2021 session through 3/11/22; skeleton session 4/4/22 and 5/4/22; 2022 regular session begins 5/18/22 | |||
| North Dakota | No regular session in even-numbered years | |||||||
| Ohio | 1/19/22 | 12/31/22 | Yes | No | ||||
| Oklahoma | 2/7/22 | 5/27/22 | 1/20/22 | 1/20/22 | 3/24/22 | Yes | No | Special session convened concurrently 5/18/22 |
| Oregon | 2/1/22 | 3/4/22 | 2/7/22 | 2/7/22 | No | No | adjourned 3 days ahead of schedule | |
| Pennsylvania | 1/4/22 | 11/30/22 | Yes | No | ||||
| Rhode Island | 1/4/22 | 6/30/22 | 2/10/22 | 2/10/22 | No | No | House committee hearing deadline 4/12/22; Senate committee deadline 4/14/22 | |
| South Carolina | 1/11/22 | 5/12/22 | 4/10/22 | Yes | No | Budget sessions 6/15/22 - 6/17/22, 6/28/22- 6/30/22; abortion restrictions special session TBA | ||
| South Dakota | 1/11/22 | 3/28/22 | 2/3/22 | 2/3/22 | 2/23/22 | No | No | Senate impeachment trial 6/21/22 - 6/22/22; House reconvened 4/12/22 to impeach attorney general |
| Tennessee | 1/11/22 | 4/28/22 | Yes | No | ||||
| Texas | No regular session in even-numbered years | |||||||
| Utah | 1/18/22 | 3/4/22 | 1/28/22 | 1/28/22 | 3/1/22 | No | No | Special session, re: veto override of transgender sports bill, 3/25/22 |
| Vermont | 1/4/22 | 5/12/22 | Yes | No | Committee deadline 3/11/22 | |||
| Virginia | 1/12/22 | 3/12/22 | 1/21/22 | 1/21/22 | 2/15/22 | No | Yes | Special session, re: budget, convened, recessed 4/4/22; Reconvened (veto) session 4/27/22 |
| Washington | 1/10/22 | 3/10/22 | 2/15/22 | Yes | No | 2nd house committee deadline 2/24/22; 2nd house fiscal committee deadline 2/28/22 | ||
| West Virginia | 1/12/22 | 3/12/22 | 2/15/22 | 2/21/22 | 3/2/22 | Yes | No | Special session, re: vetoed bills, 4/24/22 - 4/26/22 |
| Wisconsin | 1/18/22 | 3/8/22 | Yes | No | Interim work period 3/9/22 - 1/3/23; Veto review period 5/17/22 - 5/18/22 | |||
| Wyoming | 2/14/22 | 3/11/22 | 2/18/22 | 2/18/22 | 3/1/22 | No | No | |