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.