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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 | 6/6/23 | 5/25/23 | 5/25/23 | No | No | Special session, re: redistricting, 7/17/23 - 7/21/23 | |
| Alaska | 1/17/23 | 5/17/23 | No | Yes | Special session, re: budget, 5/18/23 | |||
| Arizona | 1/9/23 | 7/31/23 | 2/6/23 | 1/30/23 | No | No | ||
| Arkansas | 1/9/23 | 5/1/23 | No | No | Special session, re: taxes, FOIA, COVID, 9/11/23 - 9/14/23 | |||
| California | 12/5/22 | 9/14/23 | 2/17/23 | 2/17/23 | 6/2/23 | No | Yes | |
| Colorado | 1/9/23 | 5/8/23 | 1/30/23 | 3/1/23 | No | No | Special session, re: property taxes, 11/17/23 - 11/20/23 | |
| Connecticut | 1/4/23 | 6/7/23 | No | No | Special session, re: presidential primary, miscellaneous items, 9/26/23 | |||
| 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: Iran sanctions, hurricane relief, 11/6/23 - 11/8/23 | |
| Georgia | 1/9/23 | 3/29/23 | 3/6/23 | No | Yes | Special session, re: redistricting, 11/29/23 - 12/7/23 | ||
| Hawaii | 1/18/23 | 5/4/23 | 1/25/23 | 1/25/23 | 3/9/23 | No | Yes | |
| Idaho | 1/9/23 | 4/6/23 | 1/27/23 | 1/20/23 | 3/6/23 | No | No | |
| Illinois | 1/11/23 | 5/27/23 | 2/17/23 | 2/10/23 | 3/31/23 | No | Yes | Veto session 10/24/23 - 11/9/23 |
| Indiana | 1/9/23 | 4/28/23 | 1/12/23 | 1/13/23 | 2/28/23 | No | No | Organization Day for the 2024 session 11/21/23 |
| Iowa | 1/9/23 | 5/4/23 | 3/17/23 | No | Yes | Special session, re: abortion, 7/11/23 | ||
| Kansas | 1/9/23 | 4/28/23 | 2/8/23 | 2/8/23 | 2/24/23 | No | Yes | |
| 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: congressional redistricting, expected TBA in January 2024 | |||
| Maine | 12/7/22 | 3/30/23 | No | Yes | Special session, re: budget, 4/5/23 - 7/6/23; Veto session 7/25/23 - 7/26/23 | |||
| 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; Informal session begins 11/16/23 | |||
| Michigan | 1/11/23 | 11/14/23 | No | Yes | Sine die adjournment moved up from 12/31/23 to 11/14/23; last floor session 11/9/23 | |||
| Minnesota | 1/3/23 | 5/22/23 | No | Yes | ||||
| Mississippi | 1/3/23 | 4/1/23 | 1/16/23 | 1/16/23 | 2/9/23 | No | No | |
| Missouri | 1/4/23 | 5/12/23 | 3/1/23 | 3/9/23 | No | No | Veto session 9/13/23 | |
| Montana | 1/2/23 | 5/2/23 | 2/24/23 | 2/24/23 | 3/3/23 | No | No | |
| Nebraska | 1/4/23 | 6/1/23 | 1/18/23 | No | Yes | Session ended 8 days ahead of schedule | ||
| Nevada | 2/6/23 | 6/5/23 | 3/27/23 | 3/27/23 | 4/25/23 | No | No | Special session I, re: budget, 6/6/23; Special session II, re: MLB stadium, 6/7/23 - 6/14/23 |
| New Hampshire | 1/4/23 | 6/29/23 | 1/20/23 | 4/6/23 | No | Yes | Veto session 10/26/23 | |
| New Jersey | 1/10/23 | 1/8/24 | Yes | No | ||||
| New Mexico | 1/17/23 | 3/18/23 | 2/16/23 | 2/16/23 | No | No | ||
| New York | 1/4/23 | 6/21/23 | No | Yes | Senate adjourned 6/10/23; Assembly reconvened 6/20/23 - 6/21/23 | |||
| North Carolina | 1/11/23 | 10/25/23 | 4/25/23 | 4/6/23 | 5/4/23 | No | Yes | Non-voting session days scheduled 11/29 - 11/30/23; 12/20 - 12/21/23 |
| North Dakota | 1/3/23 | 4/29/23 | 1/16/23 | 1/23/23 | 2/22/23 | No | No | Special session, re: budget, 10/23/23 - 10/27/23 |
| 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 | Special session, re: taxes, 10/3/23 - 10/4/23 |
| Oregon | 1/17/23 | 6/25/23 | 2/21/23 | 2/21/23 | No | No | ||
| Pennsylvania | 1/3/23 | 12/13/23 | No | Yes | ||||
| Rhode Island | 1/3/23 | 6/16/23 | No | No | ||||
| South Carolina | 1/10/23 | 5/11/23 | 4/10/23 | No | Yes | Special session, re: budget, abortion, guns, 5/16/23 - 6/14/23 | ||
| South Dakota | 1/10/23 | 3/27/23 | 2/1/23 | 2/1/23 | 2/22/23 | No | No | |
| Tennessee | 1/10/23 | 4/21/23 | No | Yes | Special session, re: guns, 8/21/23 - 8/29/23 | |||
| Texas | 1/10/23 | 5/29/23 | 3/10/23 | 3/10/23 | No | No | Special session, re: school vouchers, 10/9/23 - 11/7/23; Special session, re: school vouchers and immigration, 11/7/23 - 12/5/23 | |
| Utah | 1/17/23 | 3/3/23 | 1/27/23 | 1/27/23 | 2/28/23 | No | No | Special session, re: leadership elections, support for Israel, 11/15/23 |
| Vermont | 1/4/23 | 5/12/23 | 2/21/23 | 3/17/23 | No | Yes | Veto session 6/20/23 | |
| Virginia | 1/11/23 | 2/25/23 | 1/20/23 | 1/20/23 | 2/7/23 | Yes | No | Special session, re: budget, 9/6/23 |
| Washington | 1/9/23 | 4/23/23 | 3/8/23 | No | Yes | Special session, re: drug possession law, 5/16/23 | ||
| West Virginia | 1/11/23 | 3/11/23 | 2/14/23 | 2/20/23 | 3/1/23 | No | Yes | Special session, re: corrections, 8/6/23 - 8/8/23 |
| Wisconsin | 1/3/23 | 12/31/23 | No | Yes | Special session, re: child care, convened 9/20/23 | |||
| Wyoming | 1/10/23 | 3/3/23 | 1/31/23 | 1/26/23 | 2/8/23 | No | No | |