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The West Virginia Legislature adjourned sine die on March 14. Out of the 2,100 bills introduced between both houses, only 303 managed to pass. Passed bills include a cut to personal income tax, a raise in teacher and state police salaries, and energy stabilization plans that will more than double the state’s electricity output by 2050.

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The 2026 legislative session adjourned sine die on March 12. The short session lasted 60 days focusing closely on various budget bills, including a state income tax bill which would impose a state income tax of 9.9% on households earning more than $1 million annually. This millionaires’ tax legislation was debated on the House floor for over 24 hours and is expected to be signed by Gov. Bob Ferguson. On the final day of the legislative session lawmakers primarily turned their attention to approving other operating, transportation, and construction budget bills.

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The 2026 legislative budget session adjourned sine die on Wednesday, March 11. The session lasted 21 days with 114 bills being passed. Lawmakers adopted the 2027-2028 biennial budget, which includes total net appropriations of over $10 billion, with $3.46 billion in general state funds. Gov. Mark Gordon signed the budget bill on March 5. 

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The 2026 legislature adjourned sine die on March 6. Lawmakers passed a campaign finance reform bill to modify the timeline of certain campaign finance regulations passed during the previous 2024 legislative session. House Bill 4018 makes certain technical fixes to definitions within the previous 2024 bill. It also pushes back the implementation date for a contribution tracking system from 2028 to 2032. The contribution limits remain unchanged and are set to go into effect next year. State officials have recognized the law still needs extensive work and have also passed Senate Bill 1502, which directs the secretary of state to prefile proposed legislation next year setting forth recommendations for changes to the campaign finance limitation presently being implemented. Both bills have been sent to Gov. Tina Kotek. If signed, House Bill 4018 is effective immediately and Senate Bill 1502 becomes effective June 5.

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Utah’s legislative session adjourned sine die on March 6 after 45 days in session. Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 145, which changes definitions related to lobbying and will remove procurement activities from registration requirements for educational and local lobbying. The bill raises limits on expenditures by lobbyists for public officials from $10 to $25 for nonfood expenditures, and to $50 for publications and commemorative items. The bill also creates exceptions to the definition of expenditure in relation to certain sporting events, performances, or exhibitions of a state institution of higher education or a private, nonprofit institution of higher education. The ban on contingency fees for legislative or executive lobbying is expanded to include all forms of lobbying. If signed by the governor, the bill will take effect May 6.

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The Second Session of the 57th Legislature adjourned sine die on February 19 at noon after 30 days in session. During the session, legislators passed bills on topics including universal childcare, medical malpractice reform, mental health commitment standards, and immigration restrictions. Lawmakers failed to advance bills introduced concerning lobbyist reporting, revolving door disclosures, and state procurement amendments. This does affect lobbying reporting. The grassroots lobbying report for advertising campaigns will be due on March 6.

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The 69th Legislative Assembly Special Session adjourned sine die on January 23 after passing all the bills needed to accept the federal rural health transformation program funding. The Legislature was called into special session to address four issues that needed to be addressed and a bill to authorize the ND Department of Health & Human Services to spend the grant funds.

The 103rd Legislature adjourned sine die on December 23 and Gov. Whitmer signed 36 bills into law the same day. Among the bills passed during the session were Senate Bills 99 and 100. Senate Bill 99 changes the financial disclosure reporting requirements for public officers, including the requirement to include the name of the lobbyist or lobbyist agent that made the gift payment, travel payment, or payment to a charity in lieu of honorarium to the officer. Senate Bill 100 amends the Candidate for Office Financial Disclosure Act to expand the term candidate for office to include a candidate who intended to appear on the ballot, in addition to current criteria. The 103rd legislative session will continue on January 14, 2026.

The 136^th General Assembly adjourned on December 30, until Monday, January 5, 2026. Although more than 900 bills were introduced, only a few dozen have been passed and sent to Gov. DeWine. This includes the two-year, $60 billion state budget in Amended Substitute House Bill 96. The bill eliminated the State Election Commission, which has now been replaced with the Ohio Election Integrity Commission. Amended Substitute House Bill 96 also eliminates the statutory ban on corporations and labor unions making independent expenditures for or against political candidates. The bill eliminates contribution limits to independent dark-money groups but imposes new limits on contributions to ballot-issue campaigns.

The Indiana Senate has adjourned and will not return to resume the regular 2026 session until January. The House adjourned on December 5, after passing House Bill 1032. In a vote at 4:40 p.m., following more than three hours of testimony, the Indiana Senate decisively voted against a redistricting bill that was designed to add two Republican seats to the state’s congressional delegation, defeating House Bill 1032 by a 31 to 19 margin.

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During 2025, lawmakers passed legislation on various topics such as reducing energy costs and pollution, addressing a $12 billion budget deficit, and the national redistricting debate. Legislation involving campaign finance included Assembly Bill 953, expanding prohibitions on foreign governments and principals from making contributions in elections to include foreign nationals. Legislators also passed Senate Bill 852, which expands the prohibition on the receipt, delivery, or attempted delivery of a contribution in certain forums to now apply to local government office buildings and offices for which the state or a local government pays rent, while eliminating the exception for legislative district offices. The 2025-2026 session will end recess and begin in the new year on January 5, 2026.

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Gov. Kelly Armstrong informed legislative leaders January 21, 2026 is the tentative date for a special session of the 69th Legislative Assembly to act on anticipated federal funding for North Dakota’s Rural Health Transformation Program. Once the state receives notice of the funding award from CMS, the governor will issue an executive order officially convening the Legislature for the special session.

Virginia Speaker of the House Don Scott has reconvened the 2024 legislative session beginning October 27. The session will be concerning redistricting efforts in the state in retaliation to the redistricting sessions that occurred in Texas, North Carolina, and California. Any major changes to redistricting would have to an amendment to the state’s constitution. The session will begin at 4 p.m. and will run for an undetermined amount of time.

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The 83^rd session of the Legislature adjourned sine die on June 27. Lawmakers did not pass a last-minute attempt to delay Oregon’s campaign contribution limits, established last year by House Bill 4024. The limits are set to take effect in 2027, however some legislators wanted to postpone the limits until 2031.

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