This resource collects important projected dates for the upcoming state legislative sessions. This page will be updated as additional information on session dates is released. Click the button to download the PDF quick-reference version.
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| State | Session Dates | Intro Deadlines | Crossover Deadline | Carryover | Other Notes and Deadlines (Special Session, etc.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Adjournment | House | Senate | '24 to '25 | '25 to '26 | |||
| Alabama | 2/4/25 | 5/15/25 | No | No | ||||
| Alaska | 1/21/25 | 5/21/25 | No | Yes | ||||
| Arizona | 1/13/25 | 4/26/25 | 2/11/25 | 2/3/25 | No | No | First house committee deadline 2/21/25; opposite house committee deadline 3/28/25 | |
| Arkansas | 1/13/25 | 4/16/25 | 3/3/25 | 3/3/25 | No | No | Target date to adjourn, begin veto recess 4/16/26; may reconvene for veto overrides anytime before sine die 5/5/25; deadlines may be extended | |
| 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 | 5/2/25 | 2/28/25 | 3/4/25 | No | No | Special session, re: immigration, 2/11/25 - 2/13/25 | |
| 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 | 3/21/25 | 2/10/25 | 1/17/25 | 3/3/25 | No | No | Target adjournment date (3/21/2025) expected to be pushed back |
| Illinois | 1/8/25 | 5/31/25 | 2/7/25 | 2/7/25 | 4/11/25 | No | Yes | 2023-2024 Lame duck session 1/4/25 - 1/7/25 |
| Indiana | 1/8/25 | 4/24/25 | 1/14/25 | 1/16/25 | 2/20/25 | No | No | Session anticipated to end 4/24/25, but may be extended to 4/29/25 |
| Iowa | 1/13/25 | 5/2/25 | No | Yes | First house "funnel" (committee) deadline 3/7/25; second funnel 4/4/25 | |||
| Kansas | 1/13/25 | 4/12/25 | 2/20/25 | No | Yes | First adjournment 3/28/25; recess 3/29/25 - 4/9/25; veto session 4/10/25 - 4/12/25 | ||
| 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 | 6/18/25 | No | Yes | ||||
| 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 | Committee deadline 4/4/25; Committee deadline for appropriations and finance 4/11/25 | |||
| Mississippi | 1/7/25 | 4/6/25 | 1/20/25 | 1/20/25 | 2/14/25 | No | No | |
| Missouri | 1/8/25 | 5/16/25 | 3/8/25 | 3/1/25 | No | No | ||
| Montana | 1/6/25 | 5/3/25 | 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 | 5/9/25 | 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 | 4/9/25 | No | No | |
| Pennsylvania | 1/7/25 | 12/31/25 | No | Yes | First voting day of session 1/27/25 | |||
| 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 | 4/10/25 | No | Yes | |||
| 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 | 4/25/25 | No | Yes | Special session, re: hurricane relief, school vouchers, immigration, 1/27/25 - 1/30/25 | |||
| 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 | 5/9/25 | 3/14/25 | No | Yes | "Crossover deadline" in VT means committee deadline for policy bills 3/14/25; "crossover" for money bills 3/21/25 | ||
| 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 | First house committee deadline 2/21/25; Fiscal committee cutoff 2/28/25 | ||
| West Virginia | 2/12/25 | 4/12/25 | 3/18/25 | 3/24/25 | 4/2/25 | No | Yes | Organizational Day 1/8/25 |
| 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 | |