As the falling leaves outside my window are whispering to me, time marches on. This year will soon be last year, and next year will be this year bringing a new parade of bills. If you know what I mean.
We’ve always let you search historical bills on BillTrack50, but it was an all or nothing affair. Now I am pleased to announce that there is a new search tool on your query tab, a timeline so you can pick exactly how much history you want to see.
I’m excited, hopefully you are excited, and how sweet it would be if that were the end of this announcement. But no. Searching by year brings certain complications if you are searching in more than one state. The year selection tool should be pretty much self-explanatory, so feel free to use it as you see fit, and don’t worry about the details until you run into a confusing result. Or you can follow me right into the weeds to learn all about how sessions work and they impact the results of your query.
Adding Introduced Session to your Template
Bills numbers are only unique within the session, so if you are searching across multiple years you may get many HB101s back in a given state. So if you plan on reviewing bills from multiple years on the same bill sheet, you’ll probably want to add the introduced session column to your bill sheet so you can tell yout HB101s apart. If you aren’t familiar with how templates work, please review this post for details.
Session Length
A great resource for understanding sessions is the NCSL page on the topic. Their calendar is particularly helpful. Also check out this great summary of session dates and rules and an excellent glossary from Ballotpedia.
Annual (one year) sessions, Special Sessions, and Interim Sessions – About half the states have a session every year, and possibly some special sessions too. Some states have regular sessions every other year, and only financial or organization sessions in the off years. In all of these cases, the session is contained within one calendar year, so your search by year will act exactly how you expect it to.
Biennial (two year) sessions – About half of the states have two-year sessions, with all but New Jersey running from an odd year to an even year; for example, the current session of Congress, the 115th Congress, runs 2017-2018. New Jersey, the exception, runs even year – odd year, except they don’t finish until the following January, so 2016 -2017, but not actually finishing until Jan 2018. For the purposes of the timeline, we consider their session to be contained within the two years, which I will elaborate on below.
If your search overlaps just one year of a two year session then we include all bills from the entire session, not just bills from the overlapping year. For example, the search covering 2013 – 2016 search pictured above would overlap one year of, say, California’s 2012-2103 session. So you would see bills introduced in 2012 because they were potentially still alive in 2013. We feel keeping whole sessions together in this way will give you the most relevant results.
Unfortunately, again using the example above, the search would overlap New Jersey’s 2016-2017 session, so you would get back all bills from that session, including those introduced in 2017. That may be initially confusing, but again, we feel showing you whole sessions is important. Luckily we also recently added a “created” date as a choice in the template, so you can sort by that date and easily knock out 2017 bills if you want to. (I did promise you we would be getting into the weeds in this post.)
Every other year sessions – TX, ND, NV, MT each meet every other year, on odd years. These are one year sessions, so we treat them as simply contained within their year. Thus a search for just a single even year will not result in any bills being shown from these states.
Special Sessions – Special sessions are always contained within a single year. So even in two year states, we will show you only the special sessions that took place in the years you are covering — bills from a special session in 2012 won’t ever be relevant to a 2013 search, so we don’t think we should show them to you.
Carry Over
Some states with one year sessions allow bills to be “carried over” into the next session. In some of these states, carried over bills get a new bill number, but in all states, carried over bills are given a new URL on the state legislature website. We treat these bills as “new” because really, they are. Granted, they start their life identical to their old version, and they usually have some amount of head start through the process; but in database terms, they are reintroduced and have their own new life. We give these bills a new internal Bill ID, and a new row in our bill table. So if you have queries with keywords, you will get “new bill” alerts when the bills are reintroduced, and we won’t keep updating the old version of the bill from the previous year.
The action history on a carried over bill will give you a heads up about what is going on. See this example from Hawaii: 2015 (see actions) and then 2016 (see actions). If you look at the state legislature website for each bill you’ll see what we’ve chosen to do with the bill is pretty much the same as what the state is doing (which isn’t really a coincidence).
So this means if you had set up a search ending in 2015, you would get the 2015 version of that Hawaii bill. If your search spanned 2015 – 2016 you would get the bill showing up in your results twice, once for each session. In that case, you’ll probably want to hide the older bill. Luckily you added the introduced session column as mentioned above, right? (You can also use the last action date to tell them apart.)
Pre-Filing
Some states allow bills to be filed before the session begins, or “pre-filed”. If a legislature begins posting bills before the official beginning of the session, we want to share these bills with you as soon as possible (which is as soon they are assigned a bill number; we don’t capture them while they are still study documents or other not-quite-a-bill documents). For details on which states pre-file, and how early you might start seeing bills in those states, consult the table at the end of this post.
For the purposes of the search, bills that are pre-filed are evaluated based on the session they are part of, not the calendar year we received them. So if bills are pre-filed in December 2016 for a 2017 session, they will show up in a search covering 2017, but not a search ending in 2016.
As a technical matter, when we converted our search from the old all or nothing system to this current year by year session, we had to change how your search was stored in the database. If your search was for current bills, we included 2018 as part of your search so that you will receive new bills as they are being introduced, just as you would have last year. For future years, when prefiling starts we will automatically add the new session and drop out the old session, as appropriate for each state based on its session. In this way, your searches will roll forward exactly how you expect them to. However, if that is not your intention, and you don’t actually want your bill sheet to roll forward, you will need to archive your bill sheet so that we don’t make this adjustment and no new bills are added.
All The Details In One Table
Session details state by state, including which states have had special systems. Note you can get information about typical pre-filing behavior by looking at the start date. For example, in California, you can see each session has a first bill created date in December of the year before the session officially starts. So you can expect California to start pre-filing bills in December this year, too. Likewise, you can see when bills stop being introduced in the last column (you’ll notice some states have different even and odd year behavior); I’ve removed the end date for sessions that aren’t over yet to avoid confusion.
Note, we weren’t in business loading data at the beginning of 2011, so dates for 2011 sessions are unreliable and have been removed. Also, this information relies on our loading to have been timely and complete for many years in a row, so if you see a date that confounds you, please reach out to confirm before making any important decisions on weird looking information. We also have this easier to deal with pdf, with info on the current sessions and don’t forget the 2017 summary from Ballotpedia.
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| State | Session | Type | Bill Count | First Bill Created | Last Bill Created |
| AK | 27th Legislature | Two Year | 751 | — | 4/19/2012 |
| AK | 28th Legislature | Two Year | 746 | 1/8/2013 | 4/22/2014 |
| AK | 29th Legislature | Two Year | 752 | 1/11/2015 | 7/14/2016 |
| AK | 30th Legislature | Two Year | 453 | 1/11/2017 | — |
| AL | Regular Session 2011 | One Year | 2339 | — | — |
| AL | Regular Session 2012 | One Year | 1974 | 1/17/2012 | 5/17/2012 |
| AL | First Special Session 2012 | Special | 88 | 11/7/2012 | 11/8/2012 |
| AL | Regular Session 2013 | One Year | 1847 | 11/8/2012 | 10/1/2013 |
| AL | Regular Session 2014 | One Year | 1779 | 6/25/2013 | 4/8/2014 |
| AL | Organizational Session 2015 | One Year | 8 | 1/14/2015 | 1/14/2015 |
| AL | Regular Session 2015 | One Year | 1654 | 1/14/2015 | 8/30/2015 |
| AL | First Special Session 2015 | Special | 155 | 7/14/2015 | 8/11/2015 |
| AL | Second Special Session 2015 | Special | 148 | 9/8/2015 | 9/17/2015 |
| AL | Regular Session 2016 | One Year | 1526 | 7/13/2015 | 5/19/2016 |
| AL | First Special Session 2016 | Special | 211 | 8/16/2016 | 9/15/2016 |
| AL | Regular Session 2017 | One Year | 1673 | 11/18/2016 | 5/23/2017 |
| AL | Regular Session 2018 | One Year | 42 | 8/3/2017 | — |
| AR | 88th General Assembly (2011 Regular) | Two Year | 2367 | — | — |
| AR | 88th General Assembly (2012 Fiscal) | Two Year | 324 | 2/13/2012 | 3/1/2012 |
| AR | 89th General Assembly (2013 Regular) | Two Year | 2640 | 12/19/2012 | 4/19/2013 |
| AR | 89th General Assembly (2013 Special) | Special | 22 | 10/17/2013 | 10/17/2013 |
| AR | 89th General Assembly (2014 Fiscal) | Two Year | 343 | 1/31/2014 | 3/13/2014 |
| AR | 89th General Assembly (2014 Special) | Special | 14 | 6/27/2014 | 7/2/2014 |
| AR | 90th General Assembly (2015 Regular) | Two Year | 2200 | 11/19/2014 | 3/25/2015 |
| AR | 90th General Assembly (2015 Special) | Special | 20 | 5/26/2015 | 5/28/2015 |
| AR | 90th General Assembly (2016 Fiscal) | Two Year | 296 | 3/21/2016 | 5/5/2016 |
| AR | 90th General Assembly (2016 Special) | Special | 37 | 4/9/2016 | 5/20/2016 |
| AR | 91st General Assembly (2017 Regular) | Two Year | 2204 | 11/18/2016 | 4/4/2017 |
| AR | 91st General Assembly (2017 Special) | Special | 12 | 5/2/2017 | 5/3/2017 |
| AZ | Fiftieth Legislature – First Regular Session (2011) | Carry Over | 1495 | — | — |
| AZ | Fiftieth Legislature – Second Regular Session (2012) | Carry Over | 1544 | 5/4/2012 | 5/16/2012 |
| AZ | Fifty-first Legislature – First Regular Session (2013) | Special | 1234 | 12/18/2012 | 5/29/2013 |
| AZ | Fifty-first Legislature – First Special Session (2013) | Carry Over | 20 | 6/25/2013 | 6/25/2013 |
| AZ | Fifty-first Legislature – Second Regular Session (2014) | Carry Over | 1318 | 11/18/2013 | 4/15/2014 |
| AZ | Fifty-first Legislature – Second Special Session (2014) | Special | 5 | 5/28/2014 | 5/29/2014 |
| AZ | Fifty-second Legislature – First Regular Session (2015) | Carry Over | 1252 | 12/9/2014 | 3/31/2015 |
| AZ | Fifty-second Legislature – First Special Session (2015) | Special | 6 | 10/29/2015 | 10/29/2015 |
| AZ | Fifty-second Legislature – Second Regular Session (2016) | Carry Over | 1361 | 11/18/2015 | 4/28/2016 |
| AZ | Fifty-third Legislature – First Regular Session (2017) | Carry Over | 1180 | 12/10/2016 | 5/6/2017 |
| CA | 2011-2012 Regular Session | Two Year | 4820 | — | 9/2/2012 |
| CA | 2013-2014 Regular Session | Two Year | 4795 | 12/19/2012 | 8/30/2014 |
| CA | 2015-2016 Regular Session | Two Year | 5097 | 12/2/2014 | 8/31/2016 |
| CA | 2017-2018 Regular Session | Two Year | 2980 | 12/16/2016 | — |
| CO | 2011 Regular Session | One Year | 710 | — | — |
| CO | 2012 Regular Session | One Year | 645 | 1/13/2012 | 5/10/2012 |
| CO | 2013 Regular Session | One Year | 734 | 12/19/2012 | 5/8/2013 |
| CO | 2014 Regular Session | One Year | 710 | 1/8/2014 | 5/7/2014 |
| CO | 2015 Regular Session | One Year | 762 | 1/7/2015 | 5/12/2015 |
| CO | 2016 Regular Session | One Year | 788 | 1/13/2016 | 5/12/2016 |
| CO | 2017 Regular Session | One Year | 765 | 1/12/2017 | 7/8/2017 |
| CO | 2017 First Special Session | Special | 4 | 10/3/2017 | 10/4/2017 |
| CT | 2011 General Assembly | One Year | 2896 | — | — |
| CT | 2012 General Assembly | One Year | 1015 | 2/9/2012 | 5/8/2012 |
| CT | 2013 General Assembly | One Year | 2872 | 1/9/2013 | 10/1/2013 |
| CT | 2014 General Assembly | One Year | 1091 | 2/5/2014 | 5/8/2014 |
| CT | 2015 General Assembly | One Year | 3206 | 1/7/2015 | 12/10/2015 |
| CT | 2016 General Assembly | One Year | 1386 | 2/3/2016 | 9/30/2016 |
| CT | 2017 General Assembly | One Year | 3620 | 1/4/2017 | 9/21/2017 |
| DC | 20th Council | Two Year | 2582 | 4/8/2013 | 12/30/2014 |
| DC | 21st Council | Two Year | 2418 | 1/5/2015 | 1/4/2017 |
| DC | 22nd Council | Two Year | 1297 | 1/4/2017 | — |
| DE | 146th General Assembly | Two Year | 872 | — | 7/1/2012 |
| DE | 147th General Assembly | Two Year | 912 | 12/19/2012 | 7/1/2014 |
| DE | 148th General Assembly | Two Year | 1009 | 12/18/2014 | 7/8/2016 |
| DE | 149th General Assembly | Two Year | 549 | 1/6/2017 | — |
| FL | 2011 Regular Session | One Year | 2276 | — | — |
| FL | 2012 Regular Session | One Year | 2132 | 1/11/2012 | 6/11/2012 |
| FL | 2012 Second Special Session | Special | 1 | 11/8/2012 | 11/8/2012 |
| FL | 2013 Regular Session | One Year | 1901 | 11/7/2012 | 5/3/2013 |
| FL | 2014 Regular Session | One Year | 1879 | 8/19/2013 | 5/2/2014 |
| FL | 2015 Regular Session | One Year | 1755 | 7/25/2014 | 4/29/2015 |
| FL | 2014 Special Session | Special | 5 | 8/5/2014 | 8/11/2014 |
| FL | 2015 Special Session | Special | 41 | 5/22/2015 | 6/16/2015 |
| FL | 2015 Second Special Session | Special | 7 | 8/10/2015 | 8/21/2015 |
| FL | 2015 Third Special Session | Special | 6 | 10/16/2015 | 10/21/2015 |
| FL | 2016 Regular Session | One Year | 1815 | 9/28/2015 | 3/9/2016 |
| FL | 2017 Regular Session | One Year | 3052 | 9/6/2016 | 5/6/2017 |
| FL | 2017 Special Session | Special | 13 | 6/4/2017 | 6/10/2017 |
| FL | 2018 Regular Session | One Year | 519 | 8/3/2017 | — |
| GA | 2011-2012 Regular Session | Two Year | 5422 | — | 4/5/2012 |
| GA | 2013-2014 Regular Session | Two Year | 4936 | 1/15/2013 | 4/4/2014 |
| GA | 2015-2016 Regular Session | Two Year | 4835 | 11/19/2014 | 3/30/2016 |
| GA | 2017-2018 Regular Session | Two Year | 2390 | 11/18/2016 | — |
| HI | 2011 Regular Session | Carry Over | 4142 | — | — |
| HI | 2012 Regular Session | Carry Over | 5974 | 1/17/2012 | 5/4/2012 |
| HI | 2013 Regular Session | Carry Over | 3688 | 1/18/2013 | 5/2/2013 |
| HI | 2014 Regular Session | Carry Over | 5593 | 1/14/2014 | 5/2/2014 |
| HI | 2014 1st Special Session | Special | 1 | 11/19/2014 | 11/19/2014 |
| HI | 2015 Regular Session | Carry Over | 3647 | 1/21/2015 | 5/8/2015 |
| HI | 2015 1st Special Session | Special | 1 | 11/6/2015 | 11/6/2015 |
| HI | 2016 Regular Session | Carry Over | 5708 | 1/5/2016 | 5/6/2016 |
| HI | 2016 1st Special Session | Special | 1 | 7/14/2016 | 7/14/2016 |
| HI | 2016 2nd Special Session | Special | 7 | 7/14/2016 | 7/21/2016 |
| HI | 2017 Regular Session | Carry Over | 3565 | 1/18/2017 | 5/5/2017 |
| HI | 2017 1st Special Session | Special | 17 | 9/2/2017 | 9/3/2017 |
| IA | 84th General Assembly | Two Year | 2293 | — | 5/2/2012 |
| IA | 85th General Assembly | Two Year | 3012 | 1/15/2013 | 5/2/2014 |
| IA | 86th General Assembly | Two Year | 3055 | 1/12/2015 | 5/5/2016 |
| IA | 87th General Assembly | Two Year | 1653 | 1/11/2017 | — |
| ID | 2011 Regular Session | One Year | 620 | — | — |
| ID | 2012 Regular Session | One Year | 628 | 1/11/2012 | 3/30/2012 |
| ID | 2013 Regular Session | One Year | 624 | 1/8/2013 | 4/9/2013 |
| ID | 2014 Regular Session | One Year | 608 | 1/6/2014 | 3/21/2014 |
| ID | 2015 Regular Session | One Year | 595 | 1/12/2015 | 4/9/2015 |
| ID | 2015 Special Session | Special | 1 | 5/18/2015 | 5/18/2015 |
| ID | 2016 Regular Session | One Year | 632 | 1/12/2016 | 3/25/2016 |
| ID | 2017 Regular Session | One Year | 615 | 1/11/2017 | 3/29/2017 |
| IL | 97th General Assembly | Two Year | 12780 | — | 1/9/2013 |
| IL | 98th General Assembly | Two Year | 13355 | 1/7/2013 | 1/14/2015 |
| IL | 99th General Assembly | Two Year | 14372 | 1/14/2015 | 1/9/2017 |
| IL | 100th General Assembly | Two Year | 8136 | 1/12/2017 | — |
| IN | 2011 Regular Session | One Year | 1542 | — | — |
| IN | 2012 Regular Session | One Year | 1130 | 1/7/2012 | 3/10/2012 |
| IN | 2013 Regular Session | One Year | 1602 | 12/19/2012 | 4/27/2013 |
| IN | 2014 Regular Session | One Year | 1161 | 1/8/2014 | 3/14/2014 |
| IN | 2015 Regular Session | One Year | 1555 | 1/8/2015 | 5/12/2015 |
| IN | 2016 Regular Session | One Year | 1116 | 12/28/2015 | 3/11/2016 |
| IN | 2017 Regular Session | One Year | 1556 | 12/5/2016 | 4/22/2017 |
| KS | 2011-2012 Regular Session | Two Year | 1422 | — | 5/4/2012 |
| KS | 2013-2014 Regular Session | Two Year | 1486 | 1/14/2013 | 5/1/2014 |
| KS | 2015-2016 Regular Session | Two Year | 1459 | 1/4/2015 | 6/17/2016 |
| KS | 2016 Special Session | Two Year | 14 | 6/28/2016 | 6/28/2016 |
| KS | 2017-2018 Regular Session | Two Year | 806 | 1/4/2017 | — |
| KY | 2011 Regular Session | One Year | 689 | — | — |
| KY | 2012 Regular Session | One Year | 798 | 1/6/2012 | 3/31/2012 |
| KY | 2012 Special Session | Special | 11 | 11/7/2012 | 11/8/2012 |
| KY | 2013 Regular Session | One Year | 1147 | 12/18/2012 | 10/1/2013 |
| KY | 2014 Regular Session | One Year | 1371 | 6/25/2013 | 3/25/2014 |
| KY | 2013 Special Session | Special | 81 | 8/20/2013 | 8/23/2013 |
| KY | 2015 Regular Session | One Year | 1244 | 6/5/2014 | 3/26/2015 |
| KY | 2016 Regular Session | One Year | 1560 | 5/8/2015 | 5/5/2016 |
| KY | 2017 Regular Session | One Year | 1295 | 1/5/2017 | 4/10/2017 |
| LA | 2011 Regular Session | One Year | 1583 | — | — |
| LA | 2012 Regular Session | One Year | 2734 | 2/4/2012 | 6/5/2012 |
| LA | 2013 Regular Session | One Year | 1763 | 2/21/2013 | 6/6/2013 |
| LA | 2014 Regular Session | One Year | 2823 | 1/8/2014 | 6/3/2014 |
| LA | 2015 Regular Session | One Year | 1974 | 2/3/2015 | 8/30/2015 |
| LA | 2016 Regular Session | One Year | 2404 | 12/24/2015 | 6/7/2016 |
| LA | 2016 First Extraordinary Session | Special | 208 | 2/9/2016 | 3/9/2016 |
| LA | 2016 Second Extraordinary Session | Special | 169 | 6/6/2016 | 7/8/2016 |
| LA | 2017 Regular Session | One Year | 1670 | 3/7/2017 | 6/9/2017 |
| LA | 2017 First Extraordinary Session | Special | 63 | 2/12/2017 | 2/23/2017 |
| LA | 2017 Second Extraordinary Session | Special | 37 | 6/9/2017 | 6/17/2017 |
| MA | 187th General Court | Two Year | 7007 | — | 12/29/2012 |
| MA | 188th General Court | Two Year | 6947 | 1/16/2013 | 1/1/2015 |
| MA | 189th General Court | Two Year | 7302 | 1/8/2015 | 12/30/2016 |
| MA | 190th General Court | Two Year | 6138 | 1/6/2017 | — |
| MD | 2011 Regular Session | One Year | 2370 | — | — |
| MD | 2012 Regular Session | One Year | 2603 | 1/13/2012 | 4/8/2012 |
| MD | 2012 Special Session | Special | 19 | 11/7/2012 | 11/8/2012 |
| MD | 2013 Regular Session | One Year | 2618 | 12/27/2012 | 3/30/2013 |
| MD | 2014 Regular Session | One Year | 2693 | 1/2/2014 | 4/5/2014 |
| MD | 2015 Regular Session | One Year | 2248 | 1/8/2015 | 4/4/2015 |
| MD | 2016 Regular Session | One Year | 2832 | 12/18/2015 | 3/24/2016 |
| MD | 2017 Regular Session | One Year | 2879 | 12/16/2016 | 4/6/2017 |
| ME | 125th Legislature | Two Year | 1981 | — | 6/1/2012 |
| ME | 126th Legislature | Two Year | 1917 | 1/10/2013 | 5/2/2014 |
| ME | 127th Legislature | Two Year | 1777 | 1/7/2015 | 11/10/2016 |
| ME | 128th Legislature | Two Year | 1677 | 12/9/2016 | — |
| MI | 96th Legislature | Two Year | 4211 | — | 12/16/2012 |
| MI | 97th Legislature | Two Year | 4112 | 1/9/2013 | 12/19/2014 |
| MI | 98th Legislature | Two Year | 4069 | 1/14/2015 | 12/16/2016 |
| MI | 99th Legislature | Two Year | 2168 | 1/12/2017 | — |
| MN | 87th Legislature 2011-2012 | Two Year | 5879 | — | 1/30/2013 |
| MN | 87th Legislature 2011 1st Special Session | Special | 51 | 10/25/2012 | 10/25/2012 |
| MN | 87th Legislature 2012 1st Special Session | Special | 9 | 11/7/2012 | 11/8/2012 |
| MN | 88th Legislature 2013-2014 | Two Year | 6677 | 1/9/2013 | 5/17/2014 |
| MN | 88th Legislature 2013 1st Special Session | Special | 58 | 9/9/2013 | 9/9/2013 |
| MN | 89th Legislature 2015-2016 | Two Year | 8011 | 1/6/2015 | 5/24/2016 |
| MN | 89th Legislature 2015 1st Special Session | Special | 37 | 6/12/2015 | 6/13/2015 |
| MN | 90th Legislature 2017-2018 | Two Year | 5294 | 1/4/2017 | — |
| MN | 90th Legislature 2017 1st Special Session | Special | 12 | 5/24/2017 | 5/26/2017 |
| MO | 2011 Regular Session | One Year | 1620 | — | — |
| MO | 2012 Regular Session | One Year | 1746 | 1/6/2012 | 5/16/2012 |
| MO | 2013 Regular Session | One Year | 1677 | 12/23/2012 | 5/2/2013 |
| MO | 2014 Regular Session | One Year | 1958 | 12/5/2013 | 6/26/2014 |
| MO | 2013 Extraordinary Session | Special | 4 | 1/8/2014 | 1/8/2014 |
| MO | 2015 Regular Session | One Year | 2135 | 12/9/2014 | 5/13/2015 |
| MO | 2016 Regular Session | One Year | 2291 | 12/14/2015 | 5/10/2016 |
| MO | 2017 Regular Session | One Year | 1997 | 12/5/2016 | 9/21/2017 |
| MO | 2017 Extraordinary Session | Special | 16 | 6/1/2017 | 6/1/2017 |
| MO | 2017 2nd Extraordinary Session | Special | 27 | 6/13/2017 | 6/21/2017 |
| MS | 2011 Regular Session | One Year | 3239 | — | — |
| MS | 2011 First Extraordinary Session | Special | 30 | — | — |
| MS | 2012 Regular Session | One Year | 3165 | 1/6/2012 | 5/4/2012 |
| MS | 2013 Regular Session | One Year | 3087 | 1/9/2013 | 4/4/2013 |
| MS | 2013 First Extraordinary Session | Special | 14 | 6/25/2013 | 6/25/2013 |
| MS | 2013 Second Extraordinary Session | Special | 52 | 6/27/2013 | 6/30/2013 |
| MS | 2014 Regular Session | One Year | 2998 | 1/7/2014 | 4/3/2014 |
| MS | 2014 First Extraordinary Session | Special | 4 | 4/4/2014 | 4/4/2014 |
| MS | 2014 Second Extraordinary Session | Special | 3 | 5/9/2014 | 5/9/2014 |
| MS | 2015 Regular Session | One Year | 3067 | 1/6/2015 | 4/1/2015 |
| MS | 2016 Regular Session | One Year | 3216 | 1/5/2016 | 4/20/2016 |
| MS | 2016 First Extraordinary Session | Special | 2 | 2/5/2016 | 2/5/2016 |
| MS | 2016 Second Extraordinary Session | NULL | 1 | 6/29/2016 | 6/29/2016 |
| MS | 2017 Regular Session | One Year | 3283 | 1/4/2017 | 3/29/2017 |
| MS | 2017 First Extraordinary Session | Special | 68 | 6/6/2017 | 6/6/2017 |
| MT | 2011 Regular Session | One Year | 1179 | — | — |
| MT | 2013 Regular Session | One Year | 1201 | 12/20/2012 | 4/24/2013 |
| MT | 2015 Regular Session | One Year | 1187 | 11/19/2014 | 4/18/2015 |
| MT | 2017 Regular Session | One Year | 1188 | 12/5/2016 | 4/22/2017 |
| NC | 2011-2012 Session | Two Year | 2196 | — | 6/28/2012 |
| NC | 2013-2014 Session | Two Year | 2162 | 1/9/2013 | 8/13/2014 |
| NC | 2015-2016 Session | Two Year | 2053 | 1/14/2015 | 7/1/2016 |
| NC | 2016 Extra Session 1 | Special | 5 | 2/22/2016 | 2/22/2016 |
| NC | 2016 Extra Session 2 | Special | 4 | 3/24/2016 | 3/24/2016 |
| NC | 2016 Extra Session 3 | Special | 7 | 12/14/2016 | 12/14/2016 |
| NC | 2016 Extra Session 4 | Special | 31 | 12/15/2016 | 12/17/2016 |
| NC | 2016 Extra Session 5 | Special | 6 | 12/22/2016 | 12/22/2016 |
| NC | 2017-2018 Session | Two Year | 1619 | 1/12/2017 | — |
| ND | 62nd Legislative Assembly | One Year | 920 | — | — |
| ND | 63rd Legislative Assembly | One Year | 920 | 1/8/2013 | 3/20/2013 |
| ND | 64th Legislative Assembly | One Year | 940 | 12/18/2014 | 8/30/2015 |
| ND | 65th Legislative Assembly | One Year | 834 | 12/16/2016 | 4/25/2017 |
| NE | 102nd Legislature | Two Year | 1879 | — | 4/12/2012 |
| NE | 103rd Legislature | Two Year | 1825 | 1/10/2013 | 4/11/2014 |
| NE | 104th Legislature | Two Year | 1841 | 1/8/2015 | 4/14/2016 |
| NE | 105th Legislature | Two Year | 954 | 1/6/2017 | — |
| NH | 2011 Regular Session | Carry Over | 872 | — | — |
| NH | 2012 Regular Session | Carry Over | 1063 | — | 3/29/2012 |
| NH | 2013 Regular Session | Carry Over | 816 | 12/13/2012 | 11/11/2013 |
| NH | 2014 Regular Session | Carry Over | 914 | 12/18/2013 | 4/17/2014 |
| NH | 2015 Regular Session | Carry Over | 904 | 12/9/2014 | 9/29/2015 |
| NH | 2016 Regular Session | Carry Over | 1079 | 1/5/2016 | 6/17/2016 |
| NH | 2017 Regular Session | Carry Over | 870 | 12/31/2016 | 6/6/2017 |
| NJ | 2010-2011 Regular Session | Two Year | 8234 | — | 1/7/2012 |
| NJ | 2012-2013 Regular Session | Two Year | 8408 | 1/11/2012 | 1/13/2014 |
| NJ | 2014-2015 Regular Session | Two Year | 9084 | 1/15/2014 | 2/1/2016 |
| NJ | 2016-2017 Regular Session | Two Year | 9492 | 1/14/2016 | — |
| NM | 2011 Regular Session | One Year | 1560 | — | — |
| NM | 2012 Regular Session | One Year | 962 | 1/17/2012 | 2/14/2012 |
| NM | 2013 Regular Session | One Year | 1656 | 1/14/2013 | 3/16/2013 |
| NM | 2014 Regular Session | One Year | 1085 | 1/7/2014 | 2/21/2014 |
| NM | 2015 Regular Session | One Year | 1731 | 12/18/2014 | 3/21/2015 |
| NM | 2015 1st Special Session | Special | 3 | 6/9/2015 | 6/9/2015 |
| NM | 2016 Regular Session | One Year | 1013 | 12/16/2015 | 2/18/2016 |
| NM | 2016 2nd Special Session | Special | 22 | 10/1/2016 | 10/2/2016 |
| NM | 2017 Regular Session | One Year | 1473 | 12/17/2016 | 3/16/2017 |
| NM | 2017 1st Special Session | Special | 17 | 5/25/2017 | 5/25/2017 |
| NV | 76th Legislature | One Year | 1090 | — | 2/5/2013 |
| NV | 77th Legislature (2013) | One Year | 1118 | 12/20/2012 | 8/23/2015 |
| NV | 27th Special Session (2013) | Special | 12 | 6/25/2013 | 6/25/2013 |
| NV | 28th Special Session (2014) | Special | 11 | 9/10/2014 | 9/11/2014 |
| NV | 78th Legislature (2015) | One Year | 1093 | 1/4/2015 | 6/2/2015 |
| NV | 29th Special Session (2015) | Special | 11 | 12/16/2015 | 12/20/2015 |
| NV | 30th Special Session (2016) | Special | 10 | 10/11/2016 | 10/12/2016 |
| NV | 79th Legislature (2017) | One Year | 1156 | 11/19/2016 | — |
| NY | 2011-2012 General Assembly | Two Year | 18451 | — | 11/19/2012 |
| NY | 2013-2014 General Assembly | Two Year | 17992 | 1/7/2013 | 12/10/2014 |
| NY | 2015-2016 General Assembly | Two Year | 18534 | 12/18/2014 | 12/25/2016 |
| NY | 2017-2018 General Assembly | Two Year | 15614 | 1/4/2017 | — |
| OH | 129th General Assembly | Two Year | 1996 | — | 12/23/2012 |
| OH | 130th General Assembly | Two Year | 2210 | 1/9/2013 | 12/24/2014 |
| OH | 131st General Assembly | Two Year | 2376 | 1/6/2015 | 12/30/2016 |
| OH | 132nd General Assembly | Two Year | 1234 | 1/4/2017 | — |
| OK | 2011 Regular Session | Carry Over | 2391 | — | — |
| OK | 2012 Regular Session | Carry Over | 4575 | 1/17/2012 | 5/25/2012 |
| OK | 2013 Regular Session | Carry Over | 2682 | 11/22/2012 | 5/25/2013 |
| OK | 2013 Special Session | Special | 48 | 9/3/2013 | 9/9/2013 |
| OK | 2014 Regular Session | Carry Over | 5106 | 9/15/2013 | 5/24/2014 |
| OK | 2015 Regular Session | Carry Over | 2292 | 11/21/2014 | 8/30/2015 |
| OK | 2016 Regular Session | Carry Over | 4235 | 10/12/2015 | 5/27/2016 |
| OK | 2017 Regular Session | Carry Over | 2525 | 12/5/2016 | 9/3/2017 |
| OK | 2017 Special Session | Special | 196 | 9/23/2017 | — |
| OR | 2011 Regular Session | Carry Over | 2999 | — | — |
| OR | 2012 Legislative Measures | One Year | 302 | 2/4/2012 | 3/1/2012 |
| OR | 2013 Legislative Measures | One Year | 2679 | 1/16/2013 | 7/9/2013 |
| OR | 2013 1st Special Session | Special | 7 | 1/30/2014 | 1/30/2014 |
| OR | 2014 Legislative Measures | One Year | 266 | 1/30/2014 | 3/4/2014 |
| OR | 2015 Legislative Measures | One Year | 2799 | 1/14/2015 | 7/2/2015 |
| OR | 2016 Legislative Measures | One Year | 283 | 1/28/2016 | 2/25/2016 |
| OR | 2017 Legislative Measures | One Year | 2829 | 1/11/2017 | 7/6/2017 |
| PA | 2011-2012 Regular Session | Two Year | 5641 | — | 11/13/2012 |
| PA | 2013-2014 Regular Session | Two Year | 5595 | 1/2/2013 | 11/12/2014 |
| PA | 2015-2016 Regular Session | Two Year | 5368 | 1/6/2015 | 12/1/2016 |
| PA | 2017-2018 Regular Session | Two Year | 3519 | 1/4/2017 | — |
| RI | 2011 Regular Session | One Year | 2420 | — | — |
| RI | 2012 Regular Session | One Year | 1386 | 1/6/2012 | — |
| RI | 2013 Regular Session | One Year | 2389 | 1/3/2013 | 7/8/2013 |
| RI | 2014 Regular Session | One Year | 2526 | 1/7/2014 | 6/23/2014 |
| RI | 2015 Regular Session | One Year | 2399 | 1/6/2015 | 6/26/2015 |
| RI | 2016 Regular Session | One Year | 2472 | 1/5/2016 | 6/21/2016 |
| RI | 2017 Regular Session | One Year | 2418 | 1/6/2017 | 9/21/2017 |
| SC | 119th General Assembly | Two Year | 3978 | — | 6/8/2012 |
| SC | 120th General Assembly | Two Year | 3782 | 12/13/2012 | 6/20/2014 |
| SC | 121st General Assembly | Two Year | 3872 | 12/4/2014 | 6/17/2016 |
| SC | 122nd General Assembly | Two Year | 2127 | 12/10/2016 | — |
| SD | 2011 Regular Session | One Year | 561 | — | — |
| SD | 2012 Regular Session | One Year | 598 | 1/11/2012 | 3/19/2012 |
| SD | 2013 Regular Session | One Year | 648 | 12/19/2012 | 3/6/2013 |
| SD | 2014 Regular Session | One Year | 594 | 1/13/2014 | 3/15/2014 |
| SD | 2015 Regular Session | One Year | 519 | 1/8/2015 | 2/25/2015 |
| SD | 2016 Regular Session | One Year | 493 | 12/28/2015 | 3/12/2016 |
| SD | 2017 Regular Session | One Year | 492 | 12/31/2016 | 3/28/2017 |
| SD | 2017 Special Session | Special | 3 | 6/13/2017 | 6/13/2017 |
| TN | 107th General Assembly | Two Year | 10263 | — | 5/2/2012 |
| TN | 108th General Assembly | Two Year | 7703 | 11/22/2012 | 4/18/2014 |
| TN | 109th General Assembly | Two Year | 7740 | 11/7/2014 | 5/5/2016 |
| TN | 110th General Assembly | Two Year | 4291 | 12/5/2016 | — |
| TX | 82nd Legislature Regular Session | One Year | 10305 | — | — |
| TX | 82nd Legislature First Special | Special | 574 | — | — |
| TX | 83rd Legislature Regular Session | One Year | 10630 | 11/22/2012 | 8/19/2013 |
| TX | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Special | 568 | 6/24/2013 | 10/1/2013 |
| TX | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Special | 444 | 6/27/2013 | 7/31/2013 |
| TX | 83rd Legislature 3rd Special Session | Special | 79 | 7/31/2013 | 8/8/2013 |
| TX | 84th Legislature Regular Session | One Year | 11356 | 11/10/2014 | 8/30/2015 |
| TX | 85th Legislature Regular Session | One Year | 10672 | 11/18/2016 | 6/28/2017 |
| TX | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Special | 1247 | 7/12/2017 | 8/17/2017 |
| US | 112th Congress | Two Year | 12276 | — | 2/4/2013 |
| US | 113th Congress | Two Year | 10631 | 1/21/2013 | 12/18/2014 |
| US | 114th Congress | Two Year | 12074 | 1/7/2015 | 2/5/2017 |
| US | 115th Congress | Two Year | 7196 | 1/4/2017 | — |
| UT | 2011 General Session | One Year | 929 | — | — |
| UT | 2012 General Session | One Year | 891 | 1/17/2012 | 3/9/2012 |
| UT | 2013 Regular Session | One Year | 1038 | 12/19/2012 | 10/1/2013 |
| UT | 2014 Regular Session | One Year | 1127 | 12/16/2013 | 3/15/2014 |
| UT | 2015 Regular Session | One Year | 831 | 12/19/2014 | 4/3/2015 |
| UT | 2015 First Special Session | Special | 6 | 11/2/2015 | 11/2/2015 |
| UT | 2016 General Session | One Year | 821 | 12/17/2015 | 3/11/2016 |
| UT | 2016 2nd Special Session | Special | 2 | 5/14/2016 | 5/18/2016 |
| UT | 2016 3rd Special Session | Special | 9 | 7/13/2016 | 7/14/2016 |
| UT | 2016 4th Special Session | Special | 2 | 11/18/2016 | 11/18/2016 |
| UT | 2017 General Session | One Year | 812 | 12/10/2016 | 3/10/2017 |
| UT | 2017 1st Special Session | Special | 4 | 9/19/2017 | 9/19/2017 |
| VA | 2011 Regular Session | One Year | 2966 | — | — |
| VA | 2012 Regular Session | One Year | 2868 | 1/13/2012 | 3/10/2012 |
| VA | 2013 Regular Session | One Year | 2897 | 11/7/2012 | 10/1/2013 |
| VA | 2013 Special I | Special | 109 | 6/25/2013 | 7/1/2013 |
| VA | 2014 Regular Session | One Year | 2888 | 11/18/2013 | 3/7/2014 |
| VA | 2014 Special I | Special | 494 | 3/24/2014 | 11/13/2014 |
| VA | 2015 Regular Session | One Year | 3010 | 7/25/2014 | 3/5/2015 |
| VA | 2015 Special I | Special | 97 | 8/17/2015 | 11/23/2015 |
| VA | 2016 Regular Session | One Year | 3287 | 11/17/2015 | 3/12/2016 |
| VA | 2017 Regular Session | One Year | 3201 | 9/6/2016 | 2/25/2017 |
| VT | 2011-2012 Session | Two Year | 1642 | — | 5/17/2012 |
| VT | 2013-2014 Session | Two Year | 1775 | 1/11/2013 | 5/10/2014 |
| VT | 2015-2016 Session | Two Year | 1733 | 1/9/2015 | 9/15/2016 |
| VT | 2017-2018 Session | Two Year | 974 | 1/4/2017 | — |
| WA | 2011-2012 Regular Session | Two Year | 3565 | — | 5/10/2012 |
| WA | 2013-2014 Regular Session | Two Year | 3457 | 1/15/2013 | 3/14/2014 |
| WA | 2015-2016 Regular Session | Two Year | 4019 | 12/9/2014 | 5/24/2016 |
| WA | 2017-2018 Regular Session | Two Year | 2425 | 12/10/2016 | — |
| WI | 2011-2012 Regular Session | Two Year | 1584 | — | 3/20/2012 |
| WI | 2013-2014 Regular Session | Two Year | 1878 | 1/8/2013 | 4/5/2014 |
| WI | Oct 2013 Special Session | Special | 8 | 10/15/2013 | 10/15/2013 |
| WI | Dec 2013 Special Session | Special | 2 | 12/3/2013 | 12/3/2013 |
| WI | Jan 2014 Special Session | Special | 4 | 2/16/2014 | 2/16/2014 |
| WI | 2015-2016 Regular Session | Two Year | 2111 | 1/7/2015 | 4/12/2016 |
| WI | 2017-2018 Regular Session | Two Year | 1205 | 1/5/2017 | — |
| WI | January 2017 Special Session | Special | 22 | 3/15/2017 | — |
| WI | August 2017 Special Session | Special | 3 | 8/2/2017 | 9/3/2017 |
| WV | 2011 Regular Session | Carry Over | 2305 | — | — |
| WV | 2012 Regular Session | Carry Over | 2457 | 1/13/2012 | 3/22/2012 |
| WV | 2012 1st Special Session | Special | 7 | 11/7/2012 | 11/8/2012 |
| WV | 2013 Regular Session | Carry Over | 2244 | 1/10/2013 | 10/1/2013 |
| WV | 2013 1st Special Session | Special | 11 | 6/25/2013 | 6/25/2013 |
| WV | 2014 Regular Session | Carry Over | 2248 | 1/8/2014 | 3/9/2014 |
| WV | 2014 1st Special Session | Special | 18 | 3/17/2014 | 3/17/2014 |
| WV | 2014 2nd Special Session | Special | 16 | 5/20/2014 | 5/22/2014 |
| WV | 2015 Regular Session | Carry Over | 1945 | 1/15/2015 | 4/3/2015 |
| WV | 2016 Regular Session | Carry Over | 2237 | 1/13/2016 | 3/30/2016 |
| WV | 2016 1st Special Session | Special | 49 | 5/17/2016 | 6/16/2016 |
| WV | 2016 2nd Special Session | Special | 5 | 9/19/2016 | 9/21/2016 |
| WV | 2017 Regular Session | Carry Over | 2136 | 1/12/2017 | 5/6/2017 |
| WV | 2017 1st Special Session | Special | 55 | 5/5/2017 | 6/28/2017 |
| WV | 2017 2nd Special Session | Special | 14 | 10/17/2017 | 10/18/2017 |
| WY | 2011 Regular Session | Carry Over | 437 | — | — |
| WY | 2012 Budget Session | Carry Over | 244 | 2/13/2012 | 2/17/2012 |
| WY | 2013 Regular Session | Carry Over | 429 | — | 1/30/2013 |
| WY | 2014 Budget Session | Carry Over | 306 | 1/3/2014 | 2/14/2014 |
| WY | 2015 Regular Session | Carry Over | 410 | 12/19/2014 | 2/3/2015 |
| WY | 2016 Budget Session | Carry Over | 280 | 12/28/2015 | 2/13/2016 |
| WY | 2017 Regular Session | Carry Over | 485 | 12/5/2016 | 2/2/2017 |