Updated March 14, 2024 2024 State Legislative Session Calendar 2024 State Legislative Session Calendar - view the legislative session calendar and map of the 50 U.S. states and territories. Find dates and notes about upcoming and current regular sessions and special sessions. About State Legislatures Center for Legislative Strengthening Map
Updated March 11, 2024 Civic Learning Week Aims to Engage Young Americans in Democracy The second annual Civic Learning Week will offer hundreds of virtual and in-person events on media literacy, civic education in the age of artificial intelligence, and assessing civic readiness. The goal is to highlight the role of civic education in sustaining constitutional democracy. Center for Legislative Strengthening Education State Legislatures News
Updated February 21, 2024 Census Bureau Makes It Easy to Access State Legislative District Data A new video from the bureau provides a step-by-step guide to drilling down from national results to individual districts. Center for Legislative Strengthening State Legislatures News
Updated January 18, 2024 4 Ways to Boost Your Legislature’s Efficiency in 2024 Every legislature is unique, but in striving for greater efficiency, your state constitution, chamber rules, judicial precedents and legislative history can be your guide. Center for Legislative Strengthening State Legislatures News
Updated January 11, 2024 Setting Legislative Staff Pay—A Complicated Calculation Setting and maintaining effective compensation levels is a priority in any workplace. Legislatures are no different. About State Legislatures Center for Legislative Strengthening
Updated November 29, 2023 Legislative Information Technology 2023 Survey NCSL sent key legislative IT contacts an online survey in August 2023. The survey asked about changes in IT staffing, cybersecurity and trends in legislative technology. Here are our findings. About State Legislatures Center for Legislative Strengthening Technology Graphic Table
Updated November 20, 2023 Legislative Compensation Overview Most legislative salaries lag behind the private sector, but raising them can cause a political firestorm. About State Legislatures Center for Legislative Strengthening Table
Updated November 16, 2023 Human Resources for State Legislatures Toolkit This page provides documents, articles, and helpful tools about legislative human resources. Center for Legislative Strengthening
Updated November 14, 2023 2023 State Legislative Session Calendar Find out the 2023 state legislative session dates: when state sessions begin, adjourn and convene for special sessions. About State Legislatures Center for Legislative Strengthening Map
Updated August 11, 2023 2023 Legislator Compensation Legislator compensation varies across legislatures. The lowest annual state legislator salary in 2023 was $100 and the highest annual state legislator salary in 2023 was $142,000. In 2023, the average annual base salary for a state legislator was $43,494. This represents a 6% increase in average annual legislator base salary since 2022. About State Legislatures Center for Legislative Strengthening Table
Updated August 03, 2023 The Term-Limited States This chart shows the states with term limits and also those that have had term limits repealed or held unconstitutional. About State Legislatures Center for Legislative Strengthening Table
Updated July 26, 2023 Coping with Term Limits The effects of term limits and legislatures’ efforts to respond are collected and summarized in this guide to provide term limited legislatures with a comprehensive set of suggestions for dealing with the effects of term limits. Center for Legislative Strengthening