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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 | ||||
| Alaska | 1/17/23 | 5/17/23 | No | Yes | ||||
| Arizona | 1/9/23 | 4/22/23 | 2/6/23 | 1/30/23 | 2/17/23 | No | No | Committee deadline 2/17/23; 100th day deadline 4/18/23 (approval needed to extend session past end of week) |
| Arkansas | 1/9/23 | 3/9/23 | 2/27/23 | 2/27/23 | No | No | Adjournment date may be extended by 2/3 vote | |
| 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, convenes 2/6/23 | |
| Georgia | 1/9/23 | 3/30/23 | No | Yes | ||||
| Hawaii | 1/18/23 | 5/4/23 | 1/25/23 | 1/25/23 | 3/9/23 | No | Yes | |
| Idaho | 1/9/23 | 3/24/23 | 1/27/23 | 1/20/23 | 3/6/23 | No | No | |
| Illinois | 1/11/23 | 5/19/23 | 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 | Informal session begins 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 | 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 | 4/28/23 | 1/16/23 | 1/23/23 | 2/24/23 | 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 | Organization day 1/9/23; 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, begun 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 | 2023 House organizational session 12/6/22 | ||
| 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 | No | Yes | |||
| 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 | |