2018 Legislative Session Info

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State Convene Date House Bill Intro Deadline Senate Bill Intro Deadline Crossover Deadline Adjourn Date Special Session Dates Prefiling Deadline Carryover to 2019
Alabama 01/09/2018 None None None 03/29/2018 None No
Alaska 01/16/2018 None None None 05/13/2018 01/01/2018 No
Arizona 01/08/2018 02/09/2018 01/29/2018 02/16/2018 05/04/2018 Begins 11/15/2017 No
Arkansas 02/12/2018 02/12/2018 (Resolutions authorizing consideration of all non-appropriations bills); 02/26/2018 (all bills) 02/12/2018 (Resolutions authorizing consideration of all non-appropriations bills); 02/26/2018 (all bills) None 03/12/2018 03/13/2018-03/15/2018 None No
California 01/03/2018 02/16/2018 02/16/2018 06/01/2018 08/31/2018 None No
Colorado 01/10/2018 01/31/2018 (except for supplemental appropriation bills recommended by the Joint Budget Committee and the Long Bill) 01/16/2018 (except for supplemental appropriation bills recommended by the Joint Budget Committee and the Long Bill) 02/28/2018 05/09/2018 01/05/2018 No
Connecticut 02/07/2018 02/09/2018 02/09/2018 None 05/09/2018 None No
Delaware 01/09/2018 None None None 06/30/2018 01/04/2018 No
District of Columbia 01/02/2018 --- --- --- 12/31/2018 --- Yes
Florida 01/09/2018 01/09/2018 01/09/2018 TBD 03/09/2018 01/09/2018 No
Georgia 01/08/2018 TBD TBD 30 legislative days 03/30/2018 TBD No
Guam 01/08/2018 None None None 12/31/2018 None No
Hawaii 01/17/2018 01/24/2018 01/24/2018 03/08/2018 05/03/2018 TBD No
Idaho 01/08/2018 TBD TBD None 03/28/2018 None No
Illinois 01/23/2018 02/16/2018 02/16/2018 04/27/2018 05/31/2018 None No
Indiana 01/03/2018 01/09/2018 01/05/2018 House deadline 02/05/2018; Senate deadline 02/06/2018 03/14/2018 TBD No
Iowa 01/08/2018 01/19/2018 01/19/2018 02/23/2018 05/05/2018 Any Time No
Kansas 01/08/2018 02/07/2018 02/07/2018 02/23/17 05/04/2018 01/05/2018 No
Kentucky 01/02/2018 02/26/2018 02/28/2018 None 04/14/2018 Began 05/15/2017 No
Louisiana 03/12/2018 04/03/2018 04/03/2018 None 05/18/2018 05/22/2018-06/04/2018; 06/18/2018-06/24/2018 Retirement bills: 01/26/2018; Constitutional Amendments: 03/02/2018, All other bills: 03/02/2018 No
Maine 01/03/2018 None None None 05/02/2018 06/19/2018-07/16/2018 None No
Maryland 01/10/2018 02/09/2018 02/05/2018 03/19/2018 04/09/2018 12/01/2017 No
Massachussetts 01/03/2018 01/20/2017 01/20/2017 None 01/01/2019 None No
Michigan 01/10/2018 None None None TBD None No
Minnesota 02/20/2018 None None None 05/20/2018 TBD No
Mississippi 01/02/2018 01/15/2018 01/15/2018 General bills and Constitutional Amendments: 02/09/2018; Appropriations and Revenue bills: 02/22/2018 03/28/2018 01/02/2018 No
Missouri 01/03/2018 03/01/2018 03/01/2018 None 05/30/2018 01/03/2018 No
Montana Not meeting in 2018.
Nebraska 01/03/2018 01/18/2018 01/18/2018 None 04/18/2018 None No
Nevada Not meeting in 2018.
New Hampshire 01/03/2018 01/04/2018 None 03/22/2018 05/24/2018 Began 09/07/2018 No
New Jersey 01/09/2018 None None None 01/14/2020 None Yes
New Mexico 01/16/2018 01/31/2018 01/31/2018 None 02/15/2018 01/12/2018 No
New York 01/03/2018 None None None 06/21/2018 None No
North Carolina 05/16/2018 TBD TBD TBD 06/29/2018 TBD No
North Dakota Not meeting in 2018.
Ohio 01/10/2018 None None None TBD None No
Oklahoma 02/05/2018 01/18/2018 01/18/2018 03/15/2018 05/03/2018 TBD No
Oregon 02/05/2018 01/16/2018 01/16/2018 None 03/03/2018 05/21/2018 01/16/2018 No
Pennsylvania 01/02/2018 None None None 11/30/2018 None No
Puerto Rico 01/08/2018 None None None 11/15/2018 None No
Rhode Island 01/02/2018 02/27/2018 02/15/2018 None TBD TBD No
South Carolina 01/09/2018 None None 04/10/2018 05/12/2018 TBD No
South Dakota 01/09/2018 Individual filing deadline: 02/01/2018; Committee filing deadline: 02/02/2018 Individual filing deadline: 02/01/2018; Committee filing deadline: 02/02/2018 02/23/2018 03/26/2018 None No
Tennessee 01/09/2018 10th legislative day 10th legislative day None 04/25/2018 None No
Texas Not meeting in 2018.
United States Virgin Islands 01/08/2018 None None None TBD None No
Utah 01/22/2018 02/1/2018 02/01/2018 None 03/08/2018 01/22/2018 No
Vermont 01/03/2018 01/31/2018 01/15/2018 Non-fiscal bills: 03/02/2018; Fiscal bills: 03/16/2018 05/13/2018 05/23/2018-05/29/2018 01/15/2018 No
Virginia 01/10/2018 TBD TBD None 03/10/2018 12/04/2017 Yes
Washington 01/08/2018 02/15/2018* 02/15/2018* 02/15/2018* 03/08/2018 12/20/2017 No
West Virginia 01/10/2018 02/19/2018 02/19/2018 Only Senate bills from the regular and both special sessions are still eligible for consideration, however only at leaderships request. 03/10/2018 05/20/2018-05/21/2018 None No
Wisconsin 01/16/2018 None None None 01/6/2019 None No
Wyoming 02/12/2018 02/16/2018 02/16/2018 02/28/2018 03/15/2018 None No
Notes on Adjournment
Illinois Adjournment typically occurs between the end of May and late June.
Michigan The Legislature may meet until December 31, but the actual adjournment date is set by a concurrent resolution, typically adopted around the last two weeks of session.
New York The formal legislative session typically ends in June, although full adjournment does not occur until the end of the calendar year.
Ohio The formal legislative session is scheduled through end of June; however, formal adjournment will occur in December.
Rhode Island The formal legislative session is scheduled through April, although formal adjournment usually occurs at some point in June.
Tennessee The Legislature may meet for 90 legislative days over the course of its two-year session. The 90 days are typically evenly divided, generally leading to adjournment mid-April.