List of United States state legislatures explained

This is a list of United States state legislatures. Each state in the United States has a legislature as part of its form of civil government. Most of the fundamental details of the legislature are specified in the state constitution. With the exception of Nebraska, all state legislatures are bicameral bodies, composed of a lower house (Assembly, General Assembly, State Assembly, House of Delegates, or House of Representatives) and an upper house (Senate). The United States also has one federal district and five non-state territories with local legislative branches, which are listed below. Among the states, the Nebraska Legislature is the only state with a unicameral body. However, three other jurisdictions the District of Columbia, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands also have unicameral bodies.

The exact names, dates, term lengths, term limits, electoral systems, electoral districts, and other details are determined by an individual state's laws.

Party summary

28
Democratic	20
Split	2
Total	50

Republican trifecta

23
Democratic trifecta	17
Democratic governor/Republican legislature	5
Republican governor/Democratic legislature	3
Democratic governor/Split legislature	1
Republican governor/Split legislature	1
Total	50

Note: A party with a numerical majority in a chamber may be forced to share power with other parties due to informal coalitions or may cede power outright because of divisions within its caucus.

State legislatures

State	State executive	Legislature name	Lower house				Upper house
			class=sticky-table-none	Name !	Size ^[1]	Party strength	Term (yrs.)	Name	Size	Party strength	Term (yrs.)
						105			4		35			4
						40			2		20			4
						60			2		30			2
						100			2		35			4
						80			2		40			4
						65			2		35			4
						151			2		36			2
						41			2		21			4
						120			2		40			4
						180			2		56			2
						51			2		25			4
						70			2		35			2
						118			2		59
						100			2		50			4
						100			2		50			4
						125			2		40			4
						100			2		38			4
						105			4		39			4
						151			2		35			2
						141			4		47			4
						160			2		40			2
						110			2		38			4
						134			2		67
						122			4		52			4
						163			2		34			4
						100			2		50			4
					(Unicameral)					49			4
						42			2		21			4
						400			2		24			2
						80			2		40
						70			2		42			4
						150			2		63			2
						120			2		50			2
						94			4		47			4
						99			2		33			4
						101			2		48			4
						60			2		30			4
						203			2		50			4
						75			2		38			2
						124			2		46			4
						70			2		35			2
						99			2		33			4
						150			2		31			4
						75			2		29			4
						150			2		30			2
						100			2		40			4
						98			2		49			4
						100			2		34			4
						99			2		33			4
						62			2		31			4

Current legislatures

State	Session/term	Last elections
		Lower house	Senate
	2022-2026 Alabama Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	33rd Alaska State Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	55th Arizona State Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	94th Arkansas General Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	California State Legislature, 2023–24 session	November 8, 2022 (Assembly)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	74th Colorado General Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
		November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	152nd Delaware General Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	26th Florida Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	157th Georgia General Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	32nd Hawaii State Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	69th Idaho Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	103rd Illinois General Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	123rd Indiana General Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	90th Iowa General Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	2023-2024 Kansas Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 3, 2020 (Senate)
	2024 Kentucky General Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	72nd Louisiana Legislature	October 14 and November 18, 2023 (House)	October 14, 2023 and November 18, 2023 (Senate)
	131st Maine Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	446th Maryland General Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	2023–2024 Massachusetts legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	102nd Michigan Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	93rd Minnesota Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	2024–2028 Mississippi Legislature	November 7, 2023 (House)	November 7, 2023 (Senate)
	102nd Missouri General Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	68th Montana legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	108th Nebraska Legislature	November 8, 2022
	82nd Nevada Legislature	November 8, 2022 (Assembly)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	2023-2024 New Hampshire General Court	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	221st New Jersey Legislature	November 7, 2023 (Assembly)	November 7, 2023 (Senate)
	56th New Mexico Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 3, 2020 (Senate)
	205th New York State Legislature	November 8, 2022 (Assembly)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	North Carolina General Assembly of 2023–24	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	68th North Dakota Legislative Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	135th Ohio General Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	59th Oklahoma Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	2023-2024 Pennsylvania legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
		November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	125th South Carolina General Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 3, 2020 (Senate)
	99th South Dakota Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	113th Tennessee General Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	88th Texas Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	65th Utah State Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	2023-2024 Vermont General Assembly	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	163rd Virginia General Assembly	November 7, 2023 (House)	November 7, 2023 (Senate)
	68th Washington State Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	86th West Virginia Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	106th Wisconsin Legislature	November 8, 2022 (Assembly)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	67th Wyoming State Legislature	November 8, 2022 (House)	November 8, 2022 (Senate)

Lists of past terms/sessions

!State/Territory!List!First session

States
	List of Alabama state legislatures	1819
	List of Alaska State Legislatures	1959
	List of Arizona state legislatures	1912
	List of Arkansas General Assemblies
	List of California state legislatures	1849
	List of Colorado legislatures
	List of Delaware General Assembly sessions	1776
	List of Florida state legislatures	1845
	List of Georgia state legislatures	1777
	List of Hawaii state legislatures
	List of Idaho state legislatures
	List of Illinois state legislatures	1818
	List of Indiana General Assemblies
	List of Iowa General Assemblies
	List of Kansas state legislatures	1861 https://cdm16884.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/search/searchterm/Hist-X4/field/identi/mode/exact/conn/and/order/dated/ad/asc
	List of Kentucky General Assemblies
	List of Louisiana state legislatures	1812
	List of Maine state legislatures	1820
	List of Maryland General Assemblies
	List of Massachusetts General Courts
	List of Michigan state legislatures	1835
	List of Minnesota state legislatures	1857
	List of Mississippi state legislatures	1817
	List of Missouri General Assemblies
	List of Montana state legislatures
	List of Nebraska state legislatures
	List of Nevada state legislatures
	List of New Hampshire General Courts
	List of New Jersey state legislatures	1776
	List of New Mexico state legislatures
	List of New York State legislatures	1777
	List of North Carolina state legislatures	1777
	List of North Dakota Legislative Assemblies
	List of Ohio state legislatures	1803
	List of Oklahoma state legislatures	1907
	List of Oregon Legislative Assemblies
	List of Pennsylvania state legislatures
	List of Rhode Island General Assemblies
	List of South Carolina state legislatures
	List of South Dakota state legislatures
	List of Tennessee General Assemblies
	List of Texas state legislatures	1846
	List of Utah state legislatures	1896
	List of Vermont General Assemblies
	List of Virginia state legislatures	1776
	List of Washington state legislatures
	List of West Virginia state legislatures	1863
	List of Wisconsin state legislatures	1848
	List of Wyoming state legislatures
Territories
	List of American Samoa Fono	1948
	List of Legislative Assemblies of Puerto Rico	1949
	List of Virgin Islands Legislatures	1955

Federal district and territorial legislatures

Federal district or territory	Governor	Name	Lower house				Upper house
			class=sticky-table-none	Name !	Size	Party strength	Term (yrs)	Name	Size	Party strength	Term (yrs)
						20		20	2		18		18	4
					(Unicameral)					13			4
					(Unicameral)					15			2
						20			2		9			4
		Governor		Legislative Assembly		51			4		27			4
					(Unicameral)					15			2

Current legislatures

!State!Session!Last Election

	19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico	8 November 2020 (House)8 November 2020 (Senate)
	23rd Northern Mariana Islands Legislature	8 November 2022 (House)8 November 2022 (Senate)
		8 November 2022
	37th American Samoa Fono	November 8, 2022 (House)November 8, 2022 (Senate)
	35th Virgin Islands Legislature	8 November 2022

National Conference of State Legislatures. Their latest tables

States

Abbreviations: vacancy, undecided, recall, Covenant Party, New Progressive Party, Popular Democratic Party.

2024 State & Legislative Partisan Composition. As of August 2, 2024. National Conference of State Legislatures.^[2]

STATE	Total Seats	Total Senate	Senate Dem.	Senate Rep.	Senate other	Total House	House Dem.	House Rep.	House other	Leg. Control	Gov. Party	State Control
Alabama	140	35	8	27		105	28	76	1v	Rep	Rep	Rep
Alaska	60	20	9	11		40	13	22	5	Rep	Rep	Rep
Arizona	90	30	14	16		60	28	32		Rep	Dem	Divided
Arkansas	135	35	6	29		100	18	82		Rep	Rep	Rep
California	120	40	32	8		80	62	17	1v	Dem	Dem	Dem
Colorado	100	35	23	12		65	46	19		Dem	Dem	Dem
Connecticut	187	36	24	12		151	98	53		Dem	Dem	Dem
Delaware	62	21	15	6		41	26	15		Dem	Dem	Dem
Florida	160	40	12	28		120	36	83	1v	Rep	Rep	Rep
Georgia	236	56	23	33		180	78	102		Rep	Rep	Rep
Hawaii	76	25	23	2		51	45	6		Dem	Dem	Dem
Idaho	105	35	7	28		70	11	59		Rep	Rep	Rep
Illinois	177	59	40	19		118	78	40		Dem	Dem	Dem
Indiana	150	50	10	40		100	30	70		Rep	Rep	Rep
Iowa	150	50	16	34		100	36	64		Rep	Rep	Rep
Kansas	165	40	11	29		125	40	85		Rep	Dem	Divided
Kentucky	138	38	7	31		100	20	80		Rep	Dem	Divided
Louisiana	144	39	11	28		105	32	73		Rep	Rep	Rep
Maine	186	35	22	13		151	79	67	2, 3v	Dem	Dem	Dem
Maryland	188	47	34	13		141	102	39		Dem	Dem	Dem
Massachusetts	200	40	36	4		160	133	25	2	Dem	Dem	Dem
Michigan	148	38	20	18		110	56	54		Dem	Dem	Dem
Minnesota	201	67	33	33	1v	134	70	64		Divided	Dem	Divided
Mississippi	174	52	16	36		122	41	79	2	Rep	Rep	Rep
Missouri	197	34	7	23	4v	163	51	111	1	Rep	Rep	Rep
Montana	150	50	16	34		100	32	68		Rep	Rep	Rep
Nebraska	49	49			49	Unicameral - nonpartisan				N/A	Rep	N/A
Nevada	63	21	13	7	1v	42	26	14	2v	Dem	Rep	Divided
New Hampshire	424	24	10	14		400	193	198	2, 7v	Rep	Rep	Rep
New Jersey	120	40	25	15		80	52	28		Dem	Dem	Dem
New Mexico	112	42	27	15		70	45	25		Dem	Dem	Dem
New York	213	63	41	21	1v	150	100	48	2v	Dem	Dem	Dem
North Carolina	170	50	20	30		120	48	72		Rep	Dem	Divided
North Dakota	141	47	4	42	1v	94	12	82		Rep	Rep	Rep
Ohio	132	33	7	26		99	32	67		Rep	Rep	Rep
Oklahoma	149	48	8	40		101	20	81		Rep	Rep	Rep
Oregon	90	30	17	12	1	60	35	24	1	Dem	Dem	Dem
Pennsylvania	253	50	22	28		203	100	101	2v	Rep	Dem	Divided
Rhode Island	113	38	32	5	1v	75	65	9	1	Dem	Dem	Dem
South Carolina	170	46	15	30	1	124	36	88		Rep	Rep	Rep
South Dakota	105	35	4	31		70	7	63		Rep	Rep	Rep
Tennessee	132	33	6	27		99	24	75		Rep	Rep	Rep
Texas	181	31	12	19		150	64	86		Rep	Rep	Rep
Utah	104	29	6	23		75	14	61		Rep	Rep	Rep
Vermont	180	30	22	7	1	150	105	37	8	Dem	Rep	Divided
Virginia	140	40	21	19		100	51	49		Dem	Rep	Divided
Washington	147	49	29	20		98	58	40		Dem	Dem	Dem
West Virginia	134	34	3	31		100	11	89		Rep	Rep	Rep
Wisconsin	132	33	10	22	1v	99	34	64	1v	Rep	Dem	Divided
Wyoming	93	31	2	29		62	5	57		Rep	Rep	Rep
Total States	7386	1973	831	1080	52, 10vacant	5413	2426	2943	24, 20vacant	29R, 19D,1 Div.	27R,23D	23R,16D,10 Div.

U.S. Territories

Abbreviations: vacancy, undecided, recall, Covenant Party, New Progressive Party, Popular Democratic Party.

U.S. territories and legislative partisan composition. As of August 2, 2024. National Conference of State Legislatures.!U.S. Territories!Total Seats!Total Senate!Senate Dem.!Senate Rep.!Senate other!Total House!House Dem.!House Rep.!House Other!Leg. Control!Gov. Party!Ter. Control

American Samoa	39	18	Non-partisan		18	21	Non-partisan		21		Dem
District of Columbia	13	13	11		2	Unicameral				Dem	N/A	Dem
Guam	15	15	9	6		Unicameral					Dem
Mariana Islands	29	9	2	4	3	20	4	3	13	Divided	Ind	Divided
Puerto Rico	78	27	12 DPP	10 NPP	5	51	25 DPP	21 NPP	5	DPP	NPP	Divided
Virgin Islands	15	15			15	Unicameral - nonpartisan				Dem	Dem	Dem

See also

• State legislature (United States)
• Female state legislators in the United States
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• Comparison of U.S. state governments
• United States state legislatures' partisan trend
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• List of current legislatures
• List of current United States governors
• List of U.S. state representatives (Alabama to Missouri)
• List of U.S. state representatives (Montana to Wyoming)
• List of U.S. state senators

External links

• National Conference of State Legislatures

Notes and References

1. Book: The Book of the States . January 7, 2022 . The Council of State Governments . 53 . July 10, 2022.
2. Web site: State Partisan Composition . National Conference of State Legislatures. Scroll down to latest PDF link. Download it. Convert to Excel. Then copy from freeware LibreOffice Calc to Visual Editor. See how at the various pages.

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