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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 | Day 29 (of 30) = 6/1/23; Day 30 = 6/6/23 | |
| Alaska | 1/17/23 | 5/17/23 | No | Yes | Special session, re: budget, 5/18/23 | |||
| Arizona | 1/9/23 | 6/30/23 | 2/6/23 | 1/30/23 | No | No | 4/22/23 adjournment pushed back by majority vote; In recess 5/15/23 - 6/12/23 | |
| Arkansas | 1/9/23 | 5/1/23 | No | No | Session ended 4/7/23; formal sine die adjournment 5/1/23 | |||
| California | 12/5/22 | 9/14/23 | 2/17/23 | 2/17/23 | 6/2/23 | No | Yes | Concurrent special session, re: oil co. profits, began 12/5/22 |
| Colorado | 1/9/23 | 5/8/23 | 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 | 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 | |
| Iowa | 1/9/23 | 5/4/23 | 3/17/23 | No | Yes | |||
| Kansas | 1/9/23 | 4/28/23 | 2/8/23 | 2/8/23 | 2/24/23 | No | Yes | 1st adjournment 4/6/23; veto session 4/26/23 - 4/28/23 |
| 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 | 3/30/23 | No | Yes | Special session, re: supplemental budget, 4/5/23 - 6/21/23 | |||
| 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; 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 | ||||
| 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 I, re: budget, held 6/6/23; Special II, re: Oakland A's, convenes 6/7/23 |
| 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 | 4/6/23 | 5/4/23 | No | Yes | |
| North Dakota | 1/3/23 | 4/29/23 | 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 | Special session, re: budget, began 5/17/23 |
| Oregon | 1/17/23 | 6/25/23 | 2/21/23 | 2/21/23 | No | No | 1st chamber committee deadline 4/4/23; 2nd chamber committee deadline 5/5/23 | |
| Pennsylvania | 1/3/23 | 12/31/23 | No | Yes | ||||
| Rhode Island | 1/3/23 | 6/30/23 | No | No | ||||
| South Carolina | 1/10/23 | 5/11/23 | 4/10/23 | No | Yes | Special session, re: budget, abortion, guns, began 5/16/23 | ||
| 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 | 4/21/23 | No | Yes | Special session, re: guns, convenes 8/21/23 | |||
| Texas | 1/10/23 | 5/29/23 | 3/10/23 | 3/10/23 | No | No | Special session #1, prop. taxes & border security, 5/29/23 - 6/28/23; Special session #2, re: A.G. impeachment, TBA before 8/28/23 | |
| Utah | 1/17/23 | 3/3/23 | 1/27/23 | 1/27/23 | 2/28/23 | No | No | Special session, re: flooding, 5/17/23 |
| 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, TBA; reconvened (veto) session held 4/12/23; |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |