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2023 State Legislative Sessions

Tracking legislative deadlines in all 50 states can be overwhelming. MultiState’s Legislative Session Dates chart organizes them all in one easy-to-use reference sheet. Click the button to download the PDF quick-reference version.

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State Session Dates Intro Deadlines Crossover Deadline Carryover Other Notes and Deadlines (Special Session, etc.)
Start Adjournment House Senate '22 to '23 '23 to '24
Alabama 3/7/23 6/14/23 No No Concurrent special session, re: ARPA funds, 3/8/23 - 3/16/23
Alaska 1/17/23 5/17/23 No Yes
Arizona 1/9/23 4/22/23 2/6/23 1/30/23 No No 1st house committee deadline 2/17/23; 2nd house committee deadline 3/24/23; 100th day 4/18/23 (majority vote needed to extend session past 4/22/23)
Arkansas 1/9/23 4/7/23 2/27/23 2/27/23 No No Adjournment pushed back one month from 3/9/23
California 12/5/22 9/14/23 2/17/23 2/17/23 6/2/23 No Yes Concurrent special session, re: oil company profits, began 12/5/22
Colorado 1/9/23 5/6/23 1/30/23 3/1/23 No No
Connecticut 1/4/23 6/7/23 No No
Delaware 1/10/23 6/30/23 No Yes
Florida 3/7/23 5/5/23 3/7/23 3/7/23 No No Special session, re: Disney special district, immigration, + other issues, 2/6/23 - 2/10/23
Georgia 1/9/23 3/29/23 3/6/23 No Yes
Hawaii 1/18/23 5/4/23 1/25/23 1/25/23 3/9/23 No Yes
Idaho 1/9/23 3/27/23 1/27/23 1/20/23 3/6/23 No No
Illinois 1/11/23 5/19/23 2/17/23 2/10/23 3/31/23 No Yes 2022 Lame duck session 1/4/23 - 1/10/23
Indiana 1/9/23 4/27/23 1/12/23 1/13/23 2/28/23 No No House crossover deadline 2/27/23; Senate crossover 2/28/23; Sine die adjournment may be pushed back no later than 4/29/23
Iowa 1/9/23 4/28/23 3/17/23 No Yes First funnel (committee) deadline 3/3/23; Second funnel 3/31/23
Kansas 1/9/23 5/22/23 2/8/23 2/8/23 2/24/23 No Yes 1st adjournment ("drop dead day") 4/6/23; veto session begins 4/26/23
Kentucky 1/3/23 3/30/23 2/22/23 2/21/23 No No
Louisiana 4/10/23 6/8/23 No No Special session, re: property insurance, 1/30/23 - 2/5/23
Maine 12/7/22 6/21/23 No Yes
Maryland 1/11/23 4/10/23 2/10/23 2/6/23 3/20/23 No No
Massachusetts 1/4/23 11/15/23 No Yes Formal session ends 11/15/23; In informal session beginning 11/16/23
Michigan 1/11/23 12/31/23 No Yes
Minnesota 1/3/23 5/22/23 No Yes 1st committee deadline 3/10/23; 2nd cmte deadline 3/24/23; 3rd cmte deadline 4/4/23
Mississippi 1/3/23 4/2/23 1/16/23 1/16/23 2/9/23 No No Committee deadline for non-appropriations bills 1/31/23
Missouri 1/4/23 5/12/23 3/1/23 3/9/23 No No Budget/appropriations passage deadline 5/5/23; Veto session 9/13/23
Montana 1/2/23 5/10/23 2/24/23 2/24/23 3/3/23 No No
Nebraska 1/4/23 6/9/23 1/18/23 No Yes
Nevada 2/6/23 6/5/23 3/20/23 3/20/23 4/25/23 No No First house committee deadline 4/14/23
New Hampshire 1/4/23 6/30/23 1/20/23 4/6/23 No Yes
New Jersey 1/10/23 12/31/23 Yes No
New Mexico 1/17/23 3/18/23 2/16/23 2/16/23 No No
New York 1/4/23 6/8/23 No Yes
North Carolina 1/11/23 8/31/23 4/25/23 4/4/23 5/4/23 No Yes
North Dakota 1/3/23 4/25/23 1/16/23 1/23/23 2/22/23 No No
Ohio 1/2/23 12/31/23 No Yes
Oklahoma 2/6/23 5/26/23 1/19/23 1/19/23 3/23/23 No Yes Organizational Day 1/3/23
Oregon 1/17/23 6/25/23 2/21/23 2/21/23 No No Deadline for bills to be posted on committee agenda by 3/17/23; 1st chamber committee deadline 4/4/23; 2nd chamber committee deadline 5/5/23
Pennsylvania 1/3/23 12/31/23 No Yes Special session, re: victims of sex abuse, began 1/9/23
Rhode Island 1/3/23 6/30/23 No No
South Carolina 1/10/23 5/11/23 4/10/23 No Yes
South Dakota 1/10/23 3/27/23 2/1/23 2/1/23 2/22/23 No No Veto recess 3/10/23 - 3/26/23
Tennessee 1/10/23 5/4/23 No Yes
Texas 1/10/23 5/29/23 3/10/23 3/10/23 No No
Utah 1/17/23 3/3/23 1/27/23 1/27/23 2/28/23 No No
Vermont 1/4/23 5/19/23 2/21/23 3/17/23 No Yes "Crossover deadline" in Vermont is first house committee deadline
Virginia 1/11/23 2/25/23 1/20/23 1/20/23 2/7/23 Yes No Reconvened (veto) session 4/12/23
Washington 1/9/23 4/23/23 3/8/23 No Yes First house committee deadline 2/17/23; fiscal committee deadline 2/24/23
West Virginia 1/11/23 3/11/23 2/14/23 2/20/23 3/1/23 No Yes
Wisconsin 1/3/23 12/31/23 No Yes
Wyoming 1/10/23 3/3/23 1/31/23 1/26/23 2/8/23 No No