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2003 Session

State	2003 Session Start	2003 Estimated/ Actual Session Adjourn	2003 Last Day For Governor Action	Prefile Available	Carryover from 2002?	Special Session
ALABAMA	Mar. 4, 2003	Adjourned	10 days, excluding Sundays, following legislative presentment	Yes	No
ALASKA	Jan. 21, 2003	Adjourned	20 days, excluding Sundays, following legislative presentment	Yes	No
ARIZONA	Jan. 13, 2003	May 23, 2003	10 days, excluding Sundays, following legislative adjournment	Yes	No	2nd SS: October 20, 2003 - present
ARKANSAS	Jan. 13, 2003	Adjourned	20 days, excluding Sundays, following legislative adjournment	Yes	No	2nd SS: December 8, 2003 - present
CALIFORNIA	Dec. 2, 2002	Sep. 12, 2003	30 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays following legislative adjournment	No	No	5th SS: November 18, 2003 - present
COLORADO	Jan. 8, 2003	Adjourned	30 days following legislative adjournment	Yes	No
CONNECTICUT	Jan. 8, 2003	Adjourned	15 days following legislative adjournment	No	No
DELAWARE	Jan. 14, 2003	Adjourned	10 days, excluding Sundays, following legislative presentment	Yes	No
FLORIDA	Mar. 4, 2003	Adjourned	15 days following legislative presentment		No	1st SS "A": May 12, 2003
GEORGIA	Jan. 13, 2003	Adjourned	June 4,2003	Yes	No
HAWAII	Jan. 15, 2003	Adjourned	July 8, 2003	No	No
IDAHO	Jan. 6, 2003	Adjourned	May 13, 2003	No	No
ILLINOIS	Jan. 8, 2003	Adjourned	60 days following legislative presentment	Yes	No
INDIANA	Jan. 7, 2003	Adjourned	7 days following legislative presentment	Yes	No
IOWA	Jan. 13, 2003	Adjourned	June 1, 2003	No	No
KANSAS	Jan. 13, 2003	Adjourned	10 days following legislative presentment	Yes	No
KENTUCKY	Jan. 7, 2003	Adjourned	Apr. 5, 2003	Yes	No
LOUISIANA	Mar. 31, 2003	Adjourned	20 days, excluding Sundays, following legislative presentment		No
MAINE	Dec. 4, 2002	Adjourned	10 days, excluding Sundays, following legislative presentment	Yes	No
MARYLAND	Jan. 8, 2003	Adjourned	May 22, 2003	No	No
MASSACHUSETTS	Jan. 1, 2003	Adjourned	10 days, excluding Sundays, following legislative presentment	Yes	No
MICHIGAN	Jan. 8, 2003	Dec. 31, 2003	14 days following legislative presentment	No	No
MINNESOTA	Jan. 7, 2003	Adjourned	14 days following legislative adjournment	No	No
MISSISSIPPI	Jan. 7, 2003	Adjourned	Apr. 25, 2003	Yes	No
MISSOURI	Jan. 8, 2003	Adjourned	Jul. 14, 2003	Yes	No
MONTANA	Jan. 6, 2003	Adjourned	10 days following legislative presentment	Yes	No
NEBRASKA	Jan. 8, 2003	Adjourned	5 days following legislative adjournment	No	No
NEVADA	Feb. 3, 2003	Adjourned	10 days, excluding Sundays, following legislative adjournment		No
NEW HAMPSHIRE	Jan. 8, 2003	Adjourned	5 days, excluding Sundays, following legislative presentment	Yes	No
NEW JERSEY	Jan. 14, 2003	Jan. 13, 2004	45 days following legislative presentment	No	Yes
NEW MEXICO	Jan. 21, 2003	Adjourned	Apr. 11, 2003	No	No
NEW YORK	Jan. 8, 2003	Dec. 31, 2003	30 days following legislative adjournment	Yes	No
NORTH CAROLINA	Jan. 29, 2003	Adjourned	30 days following legislative adjournment	No	No
NORTH DAKOTA	Jan. 7, 2003	Adjourned	15 days, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, following legislative presentment	Yes	No
OHIO	Jan. 1, 2003	Dec. 31, 2003	10 days, excluding Sundays, following legislative adjournment	No	No
OKLAHOMA	Feb. 3, 2003	Adjourned	15 days following legislative adjournment		No	Org. Session Jan. 7, 2003
OREGON	Jan. 13, 2003	Adjourned	30 days, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, following legislative adjournment	No	No
PENNSYLVANIA	Jan. 7, 2003	Dec. 17, 2003	30 days following legislative adjournment	No	No
RHODE ISLAND	Jan. 6, 2003	Adjourned	10 days following legislative adjournment	Yes	No
SOUTH CAROLINA	Jan. 9, 2003	Adjourned	2 days into next session	Yes	No	Org. Session (Hse) Nov. 19, 2002 1st SS: Dec. 9, 2002 - Dec. 18, 2002
SOUTH DAKOTA	Jan. 14, 2003	Adjourned	Mar. 24, 2003	Yes	No
TENNESSEE	Jan. 14, 2003	Adjourned	10 days, excluding Sundays, following legislative presentment	Yes	No
TEXAS	Jan. 14, 2003	Adjourned	June 22, 2003	Yes	No
UTAH	Jan. 20, 2003	Adjourned	Mar. 25, 2003	Yes	No	1st SS: April 16, 2003 (Executive Nominations)
VERMONT	Jan. 7, 2003	Adjourned	5 days, excluding Sundays, following legislative presentment	Yes	No
VIRGINIA	Jan. 8, 2003	Adjourned	May 2, 2003	Yes	Yes	Reconvened Session: Apr. 2, 2003
WASHINGTON	Jan. 13, 2003	Adjourned	May 20, 2003	Yes	No	1st SS: May 12, 2003
WEST VIRGINIA	Jan. 8, 2003	Adjourned	Apr. 2, 2003	No	No	Extended Budget Session: Mar. 10-16, 2003 1st SS: Mar. 16, 2003
WISCONSIN	Jan. 6, 2003	Dec. 31, 2003	6 days, excluding Sundays, following legislative presentment	No	No	Extraordinary session: December 1, 2003 - present
WYOMING	Jan. 14, 2003	Adjourned	Mar. 21, 2003	Yes	No
FEDERAL	Jan. 7, 2003	Nov. 19, 2003	10 days, excluding Sundays, following legislative presentment	No	No
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	Jan. 2, 2003	Dec. 31, 2003		No	No