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| State | Session Dates | Intro Deadlines | Crossover Deadline | Carryover | Other Notes and Deadlines (Special Session, etc.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Adjournment | House | Senate | '24 to '25 | '25 to '26 | |||
| Alabama | 2/4/25 | 5/14/25 | No | No | Last day of session (Day 30) moved up one day to 5/14/25 | |||
| Alaska | 1/21/25 | 5/20/25 | No | Yes | Adjourned one day ahead of schedule | |||
| Arizona | 1/13/25 | 6/27/25 | 2/11/25 | 2/3/25 | No | No | Session extended past scheduled adjournment 4/26/25 | |
| Arkansas | 1/13/25 | 5/5/25 | 3/3/25 | 3/3/25 | No | No | Session adjourned 4/16/25; reconvened for formal sine die ceremony 5/5/25 | |
| California | 12/2/24 | 9/12/25 | 2/21/25 | 2/21/25 | 6/6/25 | No | Yes | |
| Colorado | 1/8/25 | 5/7/25 | 2/7/25 | 1/31/25 | 3/14/25 | No | No | |
| Connecticut | 1/8/25 | 6/4/25 | No | No | ||||
| Delaware | 1/14/25 | 6/30/25 | No | Yes | ||||
| Florida | 3/4/25 | 6/16/25 | 2/28/25 | 3/4/25 | No | No | Session extended from 5/2/25 | |
| Georgia | 1/13/25 | 4/4/25 | 3/6/25 | No | Yes | |||
| Hawaii | 1/15/25 | 5/2/25 | 1/23/25 | 1/23/25 | 3/6/25 | No | Yes | |
| Idaho | 1/6/25 | 4/4/25 | 2/10/25 | 1/17/25 | 3/3/25 | No | No | Target adjournment date (3/21/2025) pushed back |
| Illinois | 1/8/25 | 5/31/25 | 2/7/25 | 2/7/25 | 4/11/25 | No | Yes | Veto session Oct. 14-30 |
| Indiana | 1/8/25 | 4/24/25 | 1/14/25 | 1/16/25 | 2/20/25 | No | No | |
| Iowa | 1/13/25 | 5/14/25 | No | Yes | Session in overtime past 5/2/25 | |||
| Kansas | 1/13/25 | 4/11/25 | 2/20/25 | No | Yes | First adjournment 3/27/25; veto session 4/10/25 - 4/11/25 | ||
| Kentucky | 1/7/25 | 3/28/25 | 2/19/25 | 2/18/25 | No | No | ||
| Louisiana | 4/14/25 | 6/12/25 | 4/23/25 | 4/23/25 | 6/9/25 | No | No | |
| Maine | 12/4/24 | 3/21/25 | No | Yes | Special session begun 3/25/25; regular session adjourned sine die 3 months early due to budget | |||
| Maryland | 1/8/25 | 4/7/25 | 2/7/25 | 2/3/25 | 3/17/25 | No | No | |
| Massachusetts | 1/1/25 | 11/19/25 | No | Yes | ||||
| Michigan | 1/8/25 | 12/31/25 | No | Yes | ||||
| Minnesota | 1/14/25 | 5/19/25 | No | Yes | Special session, re: budget, 6/9/25 | |||
| Mississippi | 1/7/25 | 4/3/25 | 1/20/25 | 1/20/25 | 2/14/25 | No | No | Special session, re: budget, 5/28-5/29 |
| Missouri | 1/8/25 | 5/15/25 | 3/8/25 | 3/1/25 | No | No | Special session, re: stadium funding, 6/2/25 - 6/11/25; veto session 9/10/25 | |
| Montana | 1/6/25 | 4/30/25 | 2/26/25 | 2/26/25 | 3/7/25 | No | No | |
| Nebraska | 1/8/25 | 6/2/25 | 1/22/25 | No | Yes | |||
| Nevada | 2/3/25 | 6/2/25 | 3/17/25 | 3/17/25 | 4/22/25 | No | No | Committee deadline 4/11/25 |
| New Hampshire | 1/8/25 | 6/26/25 | 1/24/25 | 4/10/25 | No | Yes | ||
| New Jersey | 1/14/25 | 12/31/25 | Yes | No | In recess beginning 7/1/25; Senate may return in September; both chambers reconvene after 11/4/25 for lame duck | |||
| New Mexico | 1/21/25 | 3/22/25 | 2/20/25 | 2/20/25 | No | No | ||
| New York | 1/8/25 | 6/17/25 | No | Yes | ||||
| North Carolina | 1/8/25 | 11/5/25 | 4/3/25 | 3/25/25 | 5/8/25 | No | Yes | In recess after 7/1/25; reconvening July 29-31; Aug. 26-28; Sept. 23-25; Oct. 7; Oct. 28-30; Nov. 5 |
| North Dakota | 1/7/25 | 5/3/25 | 1/20/25 | 1/27/25 | 2/25/25 | No | No | |
| Ohio | 1/6/25 | 12/31/25 | No | Yes | ||||
| Oklahoma | 2/3/25 | 5/30/25 | 1/16/25 | 1/16/25 | 3/27/25 | No | Yes | |
| Oregon | 1/21/25 | 6/27/25 | 2/25/25 | 2/25/25 | No | No | Adjourned two days early | |
| Pennsylvania | 1/7/25 | 12/31/25 | No | Yes | ||||
| Rhode Island | 1/7/25 | 6/20/25 | 2/27/25 | 2/25/25 | No | No | ||
| South Carolina | 1/14/25 | 5/28/25 | No | Yes | Regular session ended 5/9/25; reconvened 5/28/25, re: budget, pending conf. cmte. bills | |||
| South Dakota | 1/14/25 | 3/31/25 | 2/6/25 | 2/6/25 | 2/25/25 | No | No | Last day regular session day before veto recess 3/12/25; reconvenes 3/31/25 |
| Tennessee | 1/14/25 | 4/22/25 | No | Yes | ||||
| Texas | 1/14/25 | 6/2/25 | 3/14/25 | 3/14/25 | No | No | Special session, re: vetoed bills, 7/21/2025 | |
| Utah | 1/21/25 | 3/7/25 | 1/31/25 | 1/31/25 | 3/4/25 | No | No | |
| Vermont | 1/8/25 | 6/17/25 | 3/14/25 | No | Yes | Adjournment pushed back from 5/9/25 | ||
| Virginia | 1/8/25 | 2/22/25 | 1/17/25 | 1/17/25 | 2/4/25 | Yes | No | Governor deadline to act 3/24/25; Veto session 4/2/25 |
| Washington | 1/13/25 | 4/27/25 | 3/12/25 | No | Yes | |||
| West Virginia | 2/12/25 | 4/12/25 | 3/18/25 | 3/24/25 | 4/2/25 | No | Yes | Special session expected TBA |
| Wisconsin | 1/6/25 | 12/31/25 | No | Yes | ||||
| Wyoming | 1/14/25 | 3/6/25 | 2/3/25 | 1/29/25 | 2/12/25 | No | No | |