Legislative Calendar

This legislative calendar is an ongoing tool to help you keep track of dates and deadlines that your state’s leaders will meet to file, discuss, and vote on bills that might become law. This meeting time is called the “Legislative session.” During the session, bills can be filed and discussed in two different groups: the House of Representatives, and the state’s Senate. 

When a bill is filed it means it is officially introduced to the group. In some states, different types of bills may be introduced at different times. “Appropriations” bills are bills that have to do with money, and “constitutional amendments” are bills that if passed, would change parts of the state’s rulebook, called the state “constitution.” Another word you might see is “crossover.” The crossover deadline is the last day that a bill can be passed by one side (like the House or the Senate) and sent to the other side to keep moving forward. If a bill doesn’t make it to the other side by this deadline, it usually doesn’t get turned into a law that year. 

To see all the information regarding your state's session, click on your state on the calendar. To learn more about bills that have been introduced in your state, go to New Disabled South’s Plain Language Policy Dashboard.

Note: The calendar is on Notion. Notion is an external site, so we cannot promise the calendar follows all web accessibility guidelines. If you have any questions or feedback about the legislative calendar or accessibility of Notion, please contact us at policy@newdisabledsouth.org.