FY 2021 State Budget Status

4/1/2020

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Introduction

Forty-six states will begin fiscal year (FY) 2021 on July 1, 2020. New York begins its fiscal year on April 1, Texas begins its fiscal year on Sept. 1 and Alabama and Michigan begin theirs on Oct. 1. As of April 1, 24 states have enacted budgets for FY 2021. Sixteen of those states enacted a biennial budget during their 2019 legislative session. As COVID-19 has already begun impacting state fiscal situations, some states have quickly adopted measures to prevent a shutdown if there were no budget in place by the start of the new fiscal year. These include the adoption of base budgets and continuing resolutions. For example, Iowa has adopted legislation allowing the state to maintain operations for the first two months of FY 2021.

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Enacted FY 2021 Budget

Biennial Budget Enacted in 2019

Late Budget

Session Extended or Special Session to Resolve Budget

Awaiting Governor's Action

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Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Status

STATE

FY 2021 BUDGET ENACTED

SESSION EXTENDED OR SPECIAL SESSION CALLED TO DEAL WITH THE  
FY 2021 BUDGET

BUDGET NOT ENACTED BY THE START OF FY 2021

Alabama (A)

 

 

 

Alaska (A)

 

 

 

Arizona (A)

X

 

 

Arkansas  (A)

 

 

 

California  (A)

 

 

 

Colorado (A)

 

 

 

Connecticut (B)*

X

 

 

Delaware (A)

 

 

 

Florida (A)

 

X

 

Georgia (A)

 

 

 

Hawaii (B)*

X

 

 

Idaho (A)

X

 

 

Illinois (A)

 

 

 

Indiana (B)*

X

 

 

Iowa (A)

 

 

 

Kansas (A)

X

 

 

Kentucky (B)

 

 

 

Louisiana (A)

 

 

 

Maine (B)*

X

 

 

Maryland (A)

X

 

 

Massachusetts (A)

 

 

 

Michigan (A)

 

 

 

Minnesota (B)*

X

 

 

Mississippi (A)

 

 

 

Missouri  (A)

 

 

 

Montana (B)*

X

 

 

Nebraska (B)*

X

 

 

Nevada (B)*

X

 

 

New Hampshire (B)*

X

 

 

New Jersey (A)

 

 

 

New Mexico (A)

X

 

 

New York (A)

 

 

X

North Carolina (B)*

X

 

 

North Dakota (B)*

X

 

 

Ohio (B)*

X

 

 

Oklahoma (A)

 

 

 

Oregon (B)*

X

 

 

Pennsylvania (A)

 

 

 

Rhode Island (A)

 

 

 

South Carolina (A)

 

 

 

South Dakota (A)

 

 

 

Tennessee (A)

 

 

 

Texas (B)*

X

 

 

Utah (A)

X

 

 

Vermont (A)

 

 

 

Virginia (B)

 

 

 

Washington (B)*

X

 

 

West Virginia (A)

X

 

 

Wisconsin (B)*

X

 

 

Wyoming (B)

X

 

 

Totals

24

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Key: (A) = annual budget; (B) = biennial budget; (*) biennial budget passed during 2019 legislative session.

Source: NCSL and state legislative and executive websites.