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State | Session Dates | Intro Deadlines | Crossover Deadline | Carryover | Other Notes and Deadlines (Special Session, etc.) | |||
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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 | 6/30/25 | 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 | Special session, re: "protecting California values", 12/2/24 - 2/3/25 |
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 | 6/30/25 | 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 | |
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, expected TBA | |||
Mississippi | 1/7/25 | 4/3/25 | 1/20/25 | 1/20/25 | 2/14/25 | No | No | Adjourned 3 days early; special session, re: budget, expected TBA |
Missouri | 1/8/25 | 5/15/25 | 3/8/25 | 3/1/25 | No | No | Special session, re: stadium funding, begins 6/2/25; 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 | 6/9/25 | 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 | 6/30/25 | 1/24/25 | 4/10/25 | No | Yes | Senate crossover 3/27/25; House crossover 4/10/25 | |
New Jersey | 1/14/25 | 12/31/25 | Yes | No | ||||
New Mexico | 1/21/25 | 3/22/25 | 2/20/25 | 2/20/25 | No | No | ||
New York | 1/8/25 | 6/12/25 | No | Yes | ||||
North Carolina | 1/8/25 | 7/31/25 | 4/3/25 | 3/25/25 | 5/8/25 | No | Yes | |
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 | Committee deadline 3/6/25; opposite house committee deadline 4/24/25 |
Oregon | 1/21/25 | 6/29/25 | 2/25/25 | 2/25/25 | No | No | First chamber committee deadline 4/9/25; Second chamber cmte deadline 5/23/25 | |
Pennsylvania | 1/7/25 | 12/31/25 | No | Yes | ||||
Rhode Island | 1/7/25 | 6/30/25 | 2/27/25 | 2/25/25 | No | No | House committee deadline 4/22/25 | |
South Carolina | 1/14/25 | 5/8/25 | No | Yes | Reconvening mid-June; date TBA | |||
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 | ||
Utah | 1/21/25 | 3/7/25 | 1/31/25 | 1/31/25 | 3/4/25 | No | No | |
Vermont | 1/8/25 | 6/15/25 | 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 |