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State's session adjourneda = This state'sregular session is adjourned for 2015.
State in regular sessiona = This state's legislature is in regular session.
State's session is in recessa = This state's legislature is in recess.
Specialsession.png = Special session.
(*) - This statehas full-time legislators (A full-time state legislature is defined as a legislature that meets throughout the year.)

StateDates of sessionSession length limit[1]
State's session adjournedaAlabamaMarch 3 - June 430 legislative days in 105 calendar days
State's session adjournedaAlaskaJanuary 20 - April 2790 calendar days
State's session adjournedaArizonaJanuary 12 - April 2Saturday of the last week in which the 100th calendar day falls
State's session adjournedaArkansasJanuary 12 - April 260 calendar days
State's session adjournedaCalifornia*December 1, 2014 - September 12, 2015September 12
State's session adjournedaColoradoJanuary 7 - May 6120 calendar days
State's session adjournedaConnecticutJanuary 7 - June 3Wednesday after the first Monday in June
State's session adjournedaDelawareJanuary 13 - June 30June 30
State's session adjournedaFloridaMarch 3 - May 1[2]60 calendar days
State's session adjournedaGeorgiaJanuary 12 - April 240 legislative days
State's session adjournedaHawaiiJanuary 21 - May 760 legislative days
State's session adjournedaIdahoJanuary 12 - April 11None
State's session adjournedaIllinois*January 14 - December 7 (extended session)None
State's session adjournedaIndianaJanuary 6 - April 29April 29
State's session adjournedaIowaJanuary 12 - June 5 (extended session)110 calendar days
State's session adjournedaKansasJanuary 12 - June 12None
State's session adjournedaKentuckyJanuary 6 - March 2330 legislative days or March 30
State's session adjournedaLouisianaApril 13 - June 1145 legislative days in 60 calendar days
State's session adjournedaMaineDecember 3, 2014 - July 16, 2015 (extended session)3rd Wed in June
State's session adjournedaMarylandJanuary 14 - April 1390 calendar days
State's session adjournedaMassachusetts*January 7, 2015 - January 5, 2016Formal sessions, 3rd Wed in Nov; informal, no limit
State's session adjournedaMichigan*January 14 - December 17None
State's session adjournedaMinnesotaJanuary 6 - May 18120 legislative days in 2 years, or the 1st Monday after the 3rd Saturday in May each year
State's session adjournedaMississippiJanuary 6 - April 290 calendar days
State's session adjournedaMissouriJanuary 7 - May 15May 15
State's session adjournedaMontanaJanuary 5 - April 2890 legislative days in two years
State's session adjournedaNebraskaJanuary 7 - May 2990 legislative days
State's session adjournedaNevadaFebruary 2 - June 1120 calendar days in two years
State's session adjournedaNew HampshireJanuary 7 - July 145 legislative days or July 1
State's session adjournedaNew Jersey*January 13, 2015 - January 11, 2016None
State's session adjournedaNew MexicoJanuary 20 - March 2160 calendar days
State's session adjournedaNew York*January 7 – June 25None
State's session adjournedaNorth CarolinaJanuary 14 - September 30None
State's session adjournedaNorth DakotaJanuary 6 - April 2980 legislative days in two years
State's session adjournedaOhio*January 5 – December 16None
State's session adjournedaOklahomaFebruary 2 - May 22Last Friday in May
State's session adjournedaOregonFebruary 2 - July 6160 calendar days
State's session adjournedaPennsylvania*January 6 - December 31None
State's session adjournedaRhode IslandJanuary 6 - late June 25None
State's session adjournedaSouth CarolinaJanuary 13 - June 4 (veto session from 6/16/15 - 7/9/15)First Thurs in June
State's session adjournedaSouth DakotaJanuary 13 - March 3040 legislative days
State's session adjournedaTennesseeJanuary 13 - April 2290 legislative days
State's session adjournedaTexasJanuary 13 - June 1140 calendar days in two years
State's session adjournedaUtahJanuary 26 - March 1245 calendar days
State's session adjournedaVermontJanuary 7 - May 16None
State's session adjournedaVirginiaJanuary 14 - February 27 (Special session TBD)[3]30 calendar days
State's session adjournedaWashingtonJanuary 12 - April 24105 calendar days
State's session adjournedaWest VirginiaJanuary 14 - March 1460 calendar days
State's session adjournedaWisconsin*January 5 - December 31None
State's session adjournedaWyomingJanuary 13 - March 640 legislative days

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Footnotes

  1. ↑NCSL, "Legislative Session Lengths," accessed December 14, 2014
  2. ↑1st special session was from 6/1 to 6/19; 2nd special session was from 8/10 to 8/21; 3rd special session was held from 10/19 to 11/5
  3. ↑Special session abruptly adjourned on August 17 with no agreement in place over redistricting congressional districts. The deadline to create new congressional maps was September 1. The new maps will be drawn by the courts.
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