Deck: Key Takeaways from the 2025 Elections and 2026 State Partisan Control
image/svg+xml Skip to main content
Search image/svg+xml
Home
/
Resources
/
•••
State Session Dates Intro Deadlines Crossover Deadline Prefile Date Carryover Other Notes and Deadlines (Special Session, etc.)
Start Adjournment House Senate '25 to '26 '26 to '27
Alabama 1/13/26 3/27/26 6/20/25 No No
Alaska 1/20/26 5/20/26 2/23/26 2/23/26 1/9/26 Yes No
Arizona 1/12/26 4/25/26 11/15/25 No No Adjournment deadline can be extended
Arkansas 4/8/26 5/7/26 4/22/26 4/22/26 3/9/26 No No
California 1/5/26 8/31/26 2/20/26 2/20/26 5/29/26 Yes No 1/31/26 - crossover deadline for bills introduced in 2025
Colorado 1/14/26 5/13/26 2/13/26 2/6/26 3/20/26 12/1/25 No No
Connecticut 2/4/26 5/6/26 No No No prefiling in CT
Delaware 1/13/26 6/30/26 12/17/25 Yes No
Florida 1/13/26 3/13/26 1/13/26 1/13/26 8/1/25 No No Special session, re: redistricting, expected spring 2026, dates TBA
Georgia 1/12/26 4/6/26 11/15/25 Yes No
Hawaii 1/21/26 5/7/26 1/14/26 Yes No
Idaho 1/12/26 4/10/26 No No No prefiling in ID
Illinois 1/14/26 5/31/26 Yes No No prefiling for even-numbered year sessions
Indiana 12/1/25 2/27/26 1/7/26 1/9/26 2/5/26 10/20/25 No No
Iowa 1/12/26 4/21/26 12/12/25 Yes No 4/21/26 - 100th day of session, per diems end; session usually extended
Kansas 1/12/26 4/10/26 2/4/26 2/4/26 2/19/26 4/12/25 Yes No Prefilining for even-numbered year session begins day after end of odd-numbered year session
Kentucky 1/6/26 4/15/26 3/4/26 3/2/26 10/1/25 No No Veto recess 4/1/26 - 4/13/26
Louisiana 3/9/26 6/1/26 2/2/26 No No
Maine 1/7/26 4/15/26 9/26/25 Yes No
Maryland 1/14/26 4/13/26 2/13/26 2/9/26 3/23/26 11/20/25 No No
Massachusetts 1/7/26 7/31/26 Yes No Informal session begins 8/1/26; may reconvene formal session to vote on conference committee bills
Michigan 1/14/26 12/31/26 Yes No No prefiling in MI
Minnesota 2/17/26 5/18/26 Yes No No prefiling in MN
Mississippi 1/6/26 4/5/26 1/19/26 1/19/26 2/13/26 No No Prefiling allowed, but bills not numbered until session starts
Missouri 1/7/26 5/15/26 12/1/25 No No Veto session 9/16/26
Montana No regular session in even-numbered years
Nebraska 1/7/26 4/17/26 Yes No No prefiling in NE
Nevada No regular session in even-numbered years
New Hampshire 1/7/26 6/30/26 1/8/26 9/15/25 Yes No
New Jersey 1/13/26 12/31/26 11/15/25 No Yes
New Mexico 1/20/26 2/19/26 2/4/26 2/4/26 1/2/26 No No
New York 1/7/26 6/4/26 11/15/25 Yes No
North Carolina 4/21/26 8/31/26 4/30/26 4/30/26 Yes No Meets one day per month in 2025 session until 4/21/26
North Dakota No regular session in even-numbered years
Ohio 1/5/26 12/31/26 Yes No No prefiling in OH
Oklahoma 2/2/26 5/29/26 1/15/26 1/15/26 9/16/25 Yes No
Oregon 2/2/26 3/9/26 1/16/26 No No
Pennsylvania 1/6/26 11/30/26 Yes No No prefiling for even-numbered year sessions
Rhode Island 1/6/26 6/30/26 11/15/25 No No
South Carolina 1/13/26 5/7/26 12/10/25 Yes No
South Dakota 1/13/26 3/30/26 2/4/26 2/4/26 2/24/26 12/15/25 No No 3/12/25 - last day before veto recess; 3/30/25 - veto day
Tennessee 1/13/26 4/24/26 6/9/25 Yes No
Texas No regular session in even-numbered years
Utah 1/20/26 3/6/26 1/30/26 1/30/26 3/3/26 5/7/25 No No
Vermont 1/6/26 5/8/26 Yes No No prefiling for even-numbered year sessions
Virginia 1/14/26 3/14/26 2/17/26 11/17/25 No Yes Reconvenes for veto session 4/22/26
Washington 1/12/26 3/12/26 12/1/25 Yes No
West Virginia 1/14/26 3/14/26 2/17/26 2/23/26 3/4/26 12/14/25 Yes No
Wisconsin 1/13/26 3/19/26 Yes No No prefiling in WI
Wyoming 2/9/26 3/6/26 2/13/26 2/13/26 4/15/25 No No