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2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION (Updated 27, 2021)

Regular Session Special Session State Convene Adjourn Adjourned, Suspended Comments Convene Adjourn Comments or Postponed due to COVID-19 2 17 27 New prison 18 State operating budget Budget Alaska 19 16 Appropriations Fiscal Plan Session extended on Wildfire funding 100th day, 04/20/21 Recess beginning Covid, unemployment Arkansas January 11 30 04/28/21; reconvenes in Sept. TBA Ceremonial opening 12/07/20; regular session Organizational session 7 reconvene date delayed 12/07/20; Summer recess from 01/04/21 to 07/16/21 - 08/16/21 01/11/21 Session paused due to Colorado COVID 01/15/21; reconvened 02/16/21 June 15 June 17 Legalization of Marijuana Connecticut 14 COVID-19 Health Declaration Delaware June 30 Jan. 11, 2022 Unfinished business Organizational session Gaming compact Florida 2 30 11/17/20 Georgia January 11 Redistricting Veto overrides Senate confirmations Session paused 03/19/21 Organizational session due to COVID; 12/03/20; Senate Idaho January 11 reconvened 04/06/21 adjourned sine die; House recessed 5/12/21; must reconvene by 12/31/21

Regular Session Special Session State Convene Adjourn Adjourned, Suspended Comments Convene Adjourn Comments or Postponed due to COVID-19 House session days August 31 Redistricting canceled through end of Energy policy Adjourned to the call February, except January 13 * 06/16/21; Veto session: 02/10/21 to adopt new 10/19/21 - 10/28/21 rules; Senate meets 02/09/21 Organizational session 11/17/20; Recess 05/10/21; Indiana Expected to resume in Nov.; adjourns sine die by 11/15/21 Iowa January 11 May 19 Redistricting Organizational session Kansas January 11 12/07/20; Recess 05/07/21 - 05/26/21 Organizational day September 9 Legislatures Response to 01/05/21; Part 2 of COVID Kentucky session begins 02/02/21; Veto recess 03/17/21 - 03/29/21 Veto session 07/20/21 – Louisiana 07/21/21 Organizational session Unfinished business Maine March 30 12/02/20 Maryland January 13 April 12 Formal session ends 11/17/21; Informal Massachusetts January 6 * session 11/18/21 - 01/04/22 Michigan January 13 * Unfinished budget Minnesota January 5 May 17 business January 5 House session canceled June 23 June 30 Medicaid funding Missouri January 6 week of 01/18/21 due to Veto session 09/15/21 COVID Montana January 4 April 29 Nebraska January 6 September 13 Redistricting Nevada

Regular Session Special Session State Convene Adjourn Adjourned, Suspended Comments Convene Adjourn Comments or Postponed due to COVID-19 Organizational session 12/02/20; Recess New Hampshire January 6 July 1 06/10/21 - 06/24/21; Adjourned to the call 07/01/21 New Jersey January 12 * New March 30 March 31 Cannabis legalization September 1 Eviction Moratorium New York January 6 * In recess 06/10/21 Extension Organizational session North Carolina January 13 September 30 01/13/21; Session begins 01/27/21 Organizational session Special session expected North Dakota January 5 12/01/20 TBA, re: redistricting January 4 December 31 Organizational session November 15 Redistricting Oklahoma February 1 May 27 01/05/21 Session start pushed September 30 Redistricting back two days from Organizational session Oregon 01/19/21 due to security 01/11/21 concerns Recess 04/28/21 - Pennsylvania January 5 December 15 05/24/21 Adjourned to the call Rhode Island January 5 * 07/01/21 Senate meeting virtually Organizational session for committees until 12/01/20; In recess 01/21/21. House meeting 06/10/21 - 06/21/21; South Carolina January 12 * virtually for committees Budget session 06/08/21 - until 01/26/21 06/29/21; Adjourned 06/29/21 Recess 03/12/21 - Redistricting South Dakota January 12 03/28/21; Veto consideration 03/29/21 January 19 Education Organizational session Tennessee January 12 Special session expected 01/12/21 fall 2021, re: redistricting July 8 August 6 Unfinished business January 12 Bail, Elections, COVID-19 September 20 Unfinished business

Regular Session Special Session State Convene Adjourn Adjourned, Suspended Comments Convene Adjourn Comments or Postponed due to COVID-19 May 19 May 19 Restricted unfinished Utah January 19 business Recess week of 03/01/21 for Town Meeting Day 03/02/21; Vermont January 6 May 21 Veto session, re: S107, possible 06/23/21; possibly reconvenes 10/19/21 Unfinished business Federal funding January 13 Veto session 04/07/21 distribution - adjourned to the call 08/16/21 Special session possible in Washington January 11 Sept., re: transportation package Organizational session June 7 Budget surplus West Virginia February 10 01/13/21 June 24 Appropriations January 19 April 1 Unemployment insurance system Organizational session Wisconsin January 12 * May 25 Medicaid and BadgerCare 01/04/21 July 28 University of Wisconsin funding Session paused until 8- day virtual session 01/27/21 - 02/05/21; Wyoming January 12 reconvenes in-person 03/01/21 if health metrics allow American Samoa January 11 TBD Dist. of Columbia December 31 Guam January 11 * Organizational session No. Mariana Is. TBD 01/11/21 January 11 Virgin Islands January 11 * Key: *=Legislature meets throughout the year. Gray fill = Adjourned sine die Blue fill = Special session call

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