Table 3.19

Bill & Resolution Introductions & Enactments: 2022 Regular Sessions



Source:

The Council of State Governments’ survey, 2023, and review of Quorum and state legislative websites.

Key:

* Includes Joint and Concurrent resolutions.
** Actual adjournment dates are listed regardless of constitutional or statutory limitations. For more information on provisions, see Table 3.2, “Legislative Sessions: Legal Provisions.”
C Calendar day.
L Legislative day (in some states, called a session or workday; definition may vary slightly; however, it generally refers to any day on which either chamber of the legislature is in session).
U Unicameral legislature.
N/A Not available.

Footnotes:

(a)

Line item or partial vetoes: Alaska- 2 vetoes, Hawaii -2, Iowa- 1, Kansas – 3, Michigan – 2, New Jersey – 9, New Mexico – 4, Ohio – 14, Oklahoma – 2, Oregon – 1, Utah – 1, Wisconsin – 50, Wyoming – 2

(b)

Number of vetoes overridden: Hawaii – 6, Indiana – 1, Kansas – 4, Nebraska – 3, New Jersey – 1 conditional veto approved, Ohio – 1, Oklahoma – 6, Utah – 1, Wyoming – 2.

(c)

For the second year of the 2021-22 regular session, the Legislature convened on January 3, 2022 and adjourned on September 1, 2022.

(d)

For the period beginning on January 3rd, 2022, and ending on September 1, 2022.

(e)

None enacted, but many passed without becoming acts.

(f)

30 for House, 29 for Senate. The november session day is known as Organization Day. It is largely ceremonial aside from any official acts of organization required at the beginning a General Assembly following election day in even-numbered years. The House and Senate then recess until their return to the State House in January.

(g)

House met 88 legislative days, Senate met 83 legislative days.

(h)

Numbers are for a two year session total (22-23 session) as of 12/13/23. These numbers will increase through the end of the session.

(i)

Legislative days for House and Senate differ.

(j)

36 House, 39 Senate.