Women's Caucuses, Commissions and Committees

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State	Group and Website	Social Media and Notes
Alabama	Alabama Women's Commission	Facebook \| Not legislative
Alaska	Women's Legislative Caucus	Not accessible
American Samoa
Arizona
Arkansas	Arkansas Women Legislators Project Arkansas Federation of Democratic Women Republican Women’s Legislative Caucus	List of women legislators starting in 2009 Facebook, Bylaws Facebook, Twitter
California	California Legislative Women's Caucus California Women's Commission	Facebook, Twitter 2021 Annual Report, Bylaws, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn
Colorado	Colorado Legislative Women's Caucus Democratic Women’s Caucus of Colorado	Not accessible Facebook
Connecticut	Commission on Women, Children and Seniors Connecticut General Assembly Women's Caucus	The Commission on Women, Children and Seniors (CWCS) is a non-partisan arm of the Connecticut General Assembly. As staff to the legislature, the CWCS researches best practices, coordinates stakeholders, and promotes public policies that are in the best interest of Connecticut’s underserved and underrepresented women, children and older adults. Bi-partisan, not accessible
Delaware	Office of Women’s Advancement and Advocacy (OWAA) Delaware Women Delaware Legislative Women’s Caucus	Facebook Twitter, Instagram, Youtube Facebook
District of Columbia	District of Columbia Commission for Women	Facebook, Instagram, Twitter - Run through Mayor’s Office, Women’s Policy and Initiatives
Florida	Florida Commission on the Status of Women Women's Legislative Caucus	Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter Not accessible
Georgia	Georgia Commission on Women Women's Legislative Caucus	Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Not accessible
Guam
Hawaii	Women's Legislative Caucus Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women	Facebook N/A
Idaho
Illinois	Conference of Women Legislators	N/A
Indiana	Indiana Commission for Women Indiana Political Organization for Women's Education and Representation (POWER)	N/A Facebook
Iowa	Iowa Commission on the Status of Women	N/A
Kansas	Kansas National Women’s Political Caucus	Facebook
Kentucky	Kentucky Commission on Women Women's Legislative Caucus	Run through the office of the governor
Louisiana	Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Governor's Office on Women's Policy	Facebook, Twitter
Maine	Permanent Commission on the Status of Women Women's Legislative Caucus	Facebook Not accessible
Maryland	Women Legislators of Maryland Maryland Commission For Women	N/A N/A
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women	N/A N/A
Michigan	Michigan Women's Commission	Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn
Minnesota	Office of the Economic Status of Women	Recognized as a Coordinating Commission
Mississippi	Mississippi Commission on the Status of Women	N/A
Missouri	Missouri Women's Council Women's Legislative Caucus	N/A Not accessible
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey	New Jersey Division on Women Women's Legislative Caucus	State agency Not accessible
New Mexico	New Mexico Women's Legislative Caucus New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women	Last updated 2019 N/A
New York	Legislative Women's Caucus	Senate website accessible here
North Carolina	North Carolina Council for Women Women's Legislative Caucus	Part of the Department of Administration Not accessible
North Dakota	North Dakota Commission on the Status of Women	N/A
Ohio
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project	N/A N/A
Oregon	Oregon Commission for Women Women's Legislative Caucus	Not legislative, run through Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office Not accessible
Pennsylvania	Governor’s Advisory Commission on Women	Social medias linked on website
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico Women's Caucus	Not accessible
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Commission on Women	Secretary of State Records on Commission
South Carolina	South Carolina Commission on Women General Assembly Women's Caucus	Not accessible, Code of Law, Archive Site, External Records Site Facebook
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas	Texas Governor's Commission for Women	Not legislative
U.S. Virgin Islands
Utah	Women’s Legislative Council of Utah Martha Hughes Cannon Caucus of Women Legislators	Facebook, Twitter Facebook
Vermont	Vermont Commission on Women Women's Legislative Caucus	N/A Not accessible
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia	West Virginia Women's Commission Women's Legislative Caucus	N/A N/A
Wisconsin	Wisconsin Women's Council	N/A
Wyoming	Wyoming Council for Women's Issues Wyoming Women's Legislative Caucus	Not legislative, Governor appointed board, Facebook N/A

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