State Legislative Tracking

Throughout the active state legislative season, NASBP tracks legislation at the state level impacting the surety industry. Below are several resources to assist members with state legislative activities.

2016 State Legislatures Schedules

State Governor Senate House Projected Session Dates
Alabama Robert Bentley (R) 8-D
26-R
33-D
72-R
02/02/16 - 03/11/16
Alaska Bill Walker 6-D
14-R
16-D
23-R
01/19/16 - 04/17/16
Arizona Doug Ducey (R) 13-D
17-R
24-D
36-R
01/11/16 - 04/22/16
Arkansas Asa Hutchinson (R) 11-D
24-R
36-D
64-R
04/13/16 - 05/12/16
California Jerry Brown (D) 26-D
14-R
52-D
28-R
01/04/16 - 08/31/16
Colorado John Hickenlooper (D) 17-D
18-R
34-D
31-R
01/13/16 - 05/11/16
Connecticut Dan Malloy (D) 21-D
15-R
87-D
64-R
02/03/16 - 05/04/16
Delaware Jack Markell (D) 12-D
9-R
25-D
16-R
01/12/16 - 06/30/16
Florida Rick Scott (R) 14-D
26-R
38-D
81-R
01/12/16 - 03/11/16
Georgia Nathan Deal (R) 18-D
38-R
60-D
119-R
01/11/16 – 03/31/16
Hawaii David Ige (D) 24-D
1-R
43-D
8-R
01/20/16 – 05/05/16
Idaho Butch Otter (R) 7-D
28-R
14-D
56-R
01/11/16 – 03/25/16
Illinois Bruce Rauner (R) 39-D
20-R
71-D
47-R
01/13/16 – 05/31/16
Indiana Mike Pence (R) 10-D
40-R
29-D
71-R
01/05/16 – 03/14/16
Iowa Terry Branstad (R) 26-D
24-R
43-D
57-R
01/11/16 – 04/19/16
Kansas Sam Brownback (R) 8-D
32-R
27-D
98-R
01/11/16 – 05/13/16
Kentucky Matt Bevin (R) 12-D
26-R
54-D
46-R
01/05/16 – 04/15/16
Louisiana John Bel Edwards (D) 14-D
25-R
42-D
61-R
03/14/16 – 06/06/16
Maine Paul LePage (R) 15-D
20-R
79-D
68-R
01/06/16 – 04/20/16
Maryland Larry Hogan (R) 33-D
14-R
90-D
51-R
01/13/16 – 04/11/16
Massachusetts Charlie Baker (R) 34-D
6-R
125-D
34-R
01/06/16 – 07/31/16
Michigan Rick Snyder (R) 11-D
27-R
47-D
63-R
01/13/16 – 12/31/16
Minnesota Mark Dayton (D) 39-D
28-R
62-D
72-R
03/08/16 – 05/23/16
Mississippi Phil Bryant (R) 20-D
31-R
56-D
66-R
01/05/16 – 05/08/16
Missouri Jay Nixon (D) 9-D
25-R
45-D
118-R
01/06/16 – 05/13/16
Montana Steve Bullock (D) 21-D
29-R
41-D
59-R
No Session in 2016
Nebraska Pete Ricketts (R) 49 bicameral 01/06/16 – 04/20/16
Nevada Brian Sandoval  (R) 10-D
11-R
15-D
27-R
No Session in 2016
New Hampshire Maggie Hassan (D) 10-D
14-R
158-D
238-R
01/06/16 – 06/30/16
New Jersey Chris Christie (R) 24-D
16-R
48-D
32-R
01/12/16 – 12/31/16
New Mexico Susana Martinez (R) 25-D
17-R
33-D
37-R
01/19/16 – 02/18/16
New York Andrew Cuomo (D) 31-D
32-R
106-D
44-R
01/06/16 – 06/16/16
North Carolina Pat McCrory (R) 16-D
34-R
46-D
74-R
04/25/16 – 06/30/16
North Dakota Jack Dalrymple  (R) 15-D
32-R
23-D
71-R
No Session in 2016
Ohio John Kasich (R) 10-D
23-R
34-D
65-R
01/05/16 – 12/31/16
Oklahoma Mary Fallin (R) 8-D
40-R
29-D
72-R
02/01/16 – 05/27/16
Oregon John Kitzhaber (D) 18-D
12-R
35-D
25-R
02/01/16 – 03/06/16
Pennsylvania Tom Wolf (D) 20-D
30-R
84-D
119-R
01/05/16 – 11/30/16
Rhode Island Gina Raimondo (D) 32-D
5-R
63-D
11-R
01/05/16 – 06/30/16
South Carolina Nikki Haley (R) 18-D
28-R
46-D
78-R
01/12/16 – 06/02/16
South Dakota Dennis Daugaard (R) 8-D
27-R
12-D
58-R
01/12/16 – 03/29/16
Tennessee Bill Haslam (R) 6-D
27-R
26-D
73-R
01/12/16 – 04/20/16
Texas Greg Abbott (R) 11-D
20-R
52-D
98-R
No Session in 2016
Utah Gary Herbert (R) 4-D
25-R
15-D
60-R
01/25/16 – 03/10/16
Vermont Peter Shumlin (D) 19-D
9-R
88-D
53-R
01/05/16 – 05/12/16
Virginia Terry McAuliffe (D) 19-D
21-R
32-D
67-R
01/13/16 – 03/12/16
Washington Jay Inslee (D) 24-D
25-R
51-D
47-R
01/11/16 – 03/10/16
West Virginia Earl Ray Tomblin (R) 16-D
18-R
36-D
64-R
01/13/16 – 03/12/16
Wisconsin Scott Walker (R) 14-D
19-R
36-D
64-R
01/12/16 – 04/07/16
Wyoming Matt Mead (R) 4-D
26-R
9-D
51-R
02/08/16 – 03/04/16

2015 State Legislative Tracking Document

In 2015, NASBP tracked 61 separate bills at the state level. Twenty-two of these bills focused on public-private partnerships, a major issue for NASBP this year. NASBP also dealt with several attempts to legitimize individual sureties and increase bonding thresholds.