The Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison houses both chambers of the Wisconsin State Legislature, which convenes its 2023 session on Jan. 4 along with Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. Carol M. Highsmith via Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
Forty-five state legislatures will convene 2023 sessions by Jan. 18, with 35 doing so on or before Jan. 11—including 18 this week.
By the time deliberations conclude in December, the nation’s 7,383 state lawmakers will introduce on average a collective 110,000 bills—250,000 across two-year biennium sessions—and adopt more than 30,000 new laws and regulations.
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