Last Updated April 9, 2024
This article was originally posted by multistate.us
Planning for 2024? 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.
| State | Session Dates | Intro Deadlines | Crossover Deadline | Carryover | Other Notes and Deadlines (Special Session, etc.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Adjournment | House | Senate | ’23 to ’24 | ’24 to ’25 | |||
| Alabama | 2/6/24 | 5/20/24 | No | No | ||||
| Alaska | 1/16/24 | 5/15/24 | 2/19/24 | 2/19/24 | Yes | No | ||
| Arizona | 1/8/24 | 4/20/24 | 2/5/24 | 1/29/24 | No | No | First house committee deadline 2/16/24; Second house committee deadline 3/22/24 | |
| Arkansas | 4/10/24 | 5/9/24 | 4/24/24 | 4/24/24 | No | No | Session’s end may be pushed back 15 days by supermajority vote | |
| California | 1/3/24 | 8/31/24 | 2/16/24 | 2/16/24 | 5/24/24 | Yes | No | Last day for bills from 2023 to pass house of origin 1/31/24 |
| Colorado | 1/10/24 | 5/8/24 | 2/9/24 | 2/2/24 | 3/15/24 | No | No | |
| Connecticut | 2/7/24 | 5/8/24 | No | No | ||||
| Delaware | 1/9/24 | 6/30/24 | Yes | No | ||||
| Florida | 1/9/24 | 3/8/24 | 1/9/24 | 1/9/24 | No | No | ||
| Georgia | 1/8/24 | 3/28/24 | 2/29/24 | Yes | No | |||
| Hawaii | 1/17/24 | 5/3/24 | 1/24/24 | 1/24/24 | 3/7/24 | Yes | No | |
| Idaho | 1/8/24 | 4/10/24 | 2/2/24 | 1/19/24 | 3/4/24 | No | No | Adjournment pushed back from 3/22/24 target adjournment date |
| Illinois | 1/16/24 | 5/24/24 | 2/9/24 | 2/9/24 | 4/19/24 | Yes | No | Senate crossover deadline 4/12/23; House crossover 4/19/23 |
| Indiana | 1/8/24 | 3/8/24 | 1/18/24 | 1/16/24 | 2/6/24 | No | No | Crossover deadline for House bills 2/5/24; Senate bill crossover 2/6/24 |
| Iowa | 1/8/24 | 4/16/24 | 1/26/24 | 1/26/24 | 3/4/24 | Yes | No | 1st “funnel” deadline (committee deadline in first house) 2/16/24; 2nd funnel 3/15/24 |
| Kansas | 1/8/24 | 5/3/24 | 2/7/24 | 2/7/24 | 2/23/24 | Yes | No | First adjournment 4/5/24; veto session begins 4/25/24 |
| Kentucky | 1/2/24 | 4/15/24 | 2/26/24 | 2/28/24 | No | No | Veto recess 3/29/24 – 4/9/24 | |
| Louisiana | 3/11/24 | 6/3/24 | 4/2/24 | 4/2/24 | 5/31/24 | No | No | Special session, re: redistricting, 1/15/24 – 1/23/24; Special session, re: crime, 2/19/24 – 2/29/24 |
| Maine | 1/3/24 | 4/17/24 | Yes | No | ||||
| Maryland | 1/10/24 | 4/8/24 | 2/9/24 | 2/5/24 | 3/18/24 | No | No | 4/1/24 – Gov’s executive order allows session to be extended session up to 10 days, but only for budget consideration |
| Massachusetts | 1/3/24 | 7/31/24 | Yes | No | Committee deadline 2/7/24; Formal session ends 7/31/24; Informal session 8/1/24 – 12/31/24 | |||
| Michigan | 1/10/24 | 12/31/24 | Yes | No | ||||
| Minnesota | 2/12/24 | 5/20/24 | Yes | No | Deadline to pass bills from non-fiscal committees 3/22/24; fiscal committee deadline 4/19/24 | |||
| Mississippi | 1/2/24 | 5/5/24 | 2/19/24 | 2/19/24 | 3/14/24 | No | No | First house committee deadline 3/5/24 |
| Missouri | 1/3/24 | 5/17/24 | 3/1/24 | No | No | Veto session 9/11/24 | ||
| Montana | No regular session in even-numbered years | |||||||
| Nebraska | 1/3/24 | 4/18/24 | 1/18/24 | Yes | No | |||
| Nevada | No regular session in even-numbered years | |||||||
| New Hampshire | 1/3/24 | 6/28/24 | 1/4/24 | 4/11/24 | Yes | No | ||
| New Jersey | 1/9/24 | 12/31/24 | No | Yes | ||||
| New Mexico | 1/16/24 | 2/15/24 | 1/31/24 | 1/31/24 | No | No | ||
| New York | 1/3/24 | 6/6/24 | Yes | No | ||||
| North Carolina | 4/24/24 | 7/31/24 | Yes | No | Non-voting sessions Jan. 17-18; Feb. 14 -15; Mar. 13-14; Apr. 10-11 | |||
| North Dakota | No regular session in even-numbered years | |||||||
| Ohio | 1/2/24 | 12/31/24 | Yes | No | ||||
| Oklahoma | 2/5/24 | 5/31/24 | 1/18/24 | 1/18/24 | 3/14/24 | Yes | No | Special session, re: taxes, convened 1/29/24 |
| Oregon | 2/5/24 | 3/7/24 | No | No | First house committee posting deadline 2/12/24; First house committee passage deadline 2/19/24 | |||
| Pennsylvania | 1/2/24 | 11/30/24 | Yes | No | ||||
| Rhode Island | 1/2/24 | 6/30/24 | 2/15/24 | 2/15/24 | No | No | Senate committee deadline 4/11/24; Initial House committee bill hearing deadline 4/10/24 | |
| South Carolina | 1/9/24 | 5/9/24 | 4/10/24 | Yes | No | |||
| South Dakota | 1/9/24 | 3/26/24 | 2/1/24 | 2/1/24 | 2/21/24 | No | No | Last day of session delayed one day due to winter storm (was scheduled 3/25/24) |
| Tennessee | 1/9/24 | 4/25/24 | 1/31/24 | 2/1/24 | Yes | No | ||
| Texas | No regular session in even-numbered years | |||||||
| Utah | 1/16/24 | 3/1/24 | 1/26/24 | 1/26/24 | 2/27/24 | No | No | |
| Vermont | 1/3/24 | 5/9/24 | 3/15/24 | Yes | No | Crossover deadline (3/15/24) in Vermont is deadline for bills to pass committee in house of origin; fiscal bill crossover 3/22/24 | ||
| Virginia | 1/10/24 | 3/9/24 | 1/19/24 | 1/19/24 | 2/13/24 | No | Yes | Reconvened (Veto) Session 4/17/24 |
| Washington | 1/8/24 | 3/7/24 | 2/13/24 | Yes | No | Committee deadline, except fiscal cmtes, 1/31/24; fiscal committee deadline 2/5/24 | ||
| West Virginia | 1/10/24 | 3/9/24 | 2/13/24 | 2/19/24 | 2/28/24 | Yes | No | Special session expected in May, re: federal clawback of COVID funds |
| Wisconsin | 1/16/24 | 3/12/24 | Yes | No | Last day of session 3/12/24; Interim, committee work 3/15/24 -1/6/25 | |||
| Wyoming | 2/12/24 | 3/8/24 | 2/16/24 | 2/16/24 | 2/26/24 | No | No | |
