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TheState of the State Address is aspeech customarily given annually by stategovernors in each of the 50U.S. federated states,[1] although the terminology for this speech differs for some states: inIowa it is known as theCondition of the State Address; inKentucky,Massachusetts,Pennsylvania, andVirginia it is called theState of the Commonwealth Address. The speech is customarily delivered before both houses of thestate legislature sitting injoint session, with the exception of theNebraska Legislature, which is aunicameral body. The speech is given to satisfy a constitutional stipulation that a governor must report annually, or in older constitutions described as being "from time to time", on the state or condition of a state.
The potentially unclear name reflects the dual meanings of the word "state"; the first refers to the general condition of a thing, and the second refers to the political conception of astate.
The mayor of theDistrict of Columbia gives a State of the District address. There are also many cities in the United States in which the mayor gives aState of the City address. Some Americancounties have county executives give a State of the County orParish address, though these are much more rare.
The analogous address given by thepresident of the United States is known as theState of the Union address.
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