What Date Will New House Representatives Take Office

The 24-hour interval that state legislators are sworn into and assume office after they are elected varies from state-to-country. In 34 states, legislators who are elected in Nov don't assume office until the following year, while in 16 states, legislators presume office before December 31 of the yr in which they were elected.

Swearing-in and term-cease dates
View swearing-in and term-stop dates by year:

States where legislators assume office the year after their ballot

Legislature (H/Due south)	When terms begin
Alaska (H, S)	Alaska legislators presume office on the 3rd Tuesday of Jan following their ballot.[1] [2]
Arizona (H, South)	Arizona legislators assume office on the starting time solar day of the session after they are elected. Each regular session begins on the 2nd Monday in January.[3]
Arkansas (H, Southward)	Arkansas legislators assume office on the second Monday of January following their election.[4]
Colorado (H, S)	Colorado legislators assume office on the beginning day of the legislative session subsequently their election. The legislative session must begin no later than 10:00 AM on the second Wednesday of January.[5] The state constitution requires the newly elected governor, lieutenant governor, chaser general, treasurer, and secretary of state to take office on the second Tuesday of January.[6] In the year after those offices are elected, the legislative session must begin before the second Tuesday of January to declare the winners of those races.[vii] [eight]
Connecticut (H, S)	Connecticut legislators assume office the Wed following the starting time Monday of January after their ballot.[9]
Georgia (H, S)	Georgia legislators assume part the 2nd Monday in January.[10]
Illinois (H, Southward)	Illinois legislators assume part the 2d Wednesday in January.[11]
Iowa (H, S)	Iowa state representatives e'er assume office the beginning day of Jan after their election.[12] Iowa land senators assume office on the showtime day of Jan which is non a Sunday or legal holiday.[13] [xiv]
Kansas (H, S)	Kansas legislators presume role the 2d Monday of January later on their ballot.[15]
Kentucky (H, S)	Kentucky legislators assume office the first day of January after their ballot.[xvi]
Louisiana (H, S)	Louisiana legislators assume office at apex on the 2nd Monday in January after their election.[17] [18]
Maryland (H, S)	Maryland legislators assume function the second Wed in January afterwards the ballot.[19]
Massachusetts (H, S)	Massachusetts legislators assume role the get-go Wednesday in January after the election.[20]
Michigan (H, S)	Michigan legislators assume part at noon on the get-go day of January.[21]
Minnesota (H, Southward)	Minnesota legislators assume office on the first Tuesday afterwards the first Monday in January afterwards the election. When the first Mon in January falls on January ane, legislators assume office on the first Wednesday after the first Monday.[22] [23]
Mississippi (H, Southward)	Mississippi legislators assume office the Tuesday after the first Monday of January.[24]
Missouri (H, S)	Missouri legislators assume office the first day of the legislative session, which is the first Wednesday after the outset Mon in January at 12:00pm.[25]
Montana (H, S)	Montana legislators presume office the commencement Mon of January post-obit the ballot. If January ane is a Mon, legislators assume office on the kickoff Midweek.[26]
Nebraska	Nebraska legislators presume office the first Wednesday afterwards the start Monday in January.[27]
New Jersey (GA, Due south)	New Jersey legislators assume function at noon on the second Tuesday in January following the election.[28]
New Mexico (H, Southward)	New Mexico legislators assume office on the first day of January subsequently a general election.[29]
New York (A, S)	New York legislators assume office the beginning solar day of January after a general ballot.[xxx]
North Carolina (H, S)	North Carolina legislators assume office on January 1 the year later on their election.[31]
Ohio (H, S)	Ohio legislators presume office the kickoff mean solar day of January after a general election.[32] [33]
Oregon (H, S)	Oregon legislators assume office the second Monday in January following the election.[34]
Rhode Island (H, S)	Rhode Island legislators assume office the first Tuesday in Jan.[35]
Southward Dakota (H, Southward)	South Dakota legislators assume office the second Tuesday in January after the general ballot.[36]
Texas (H, S)	Texas legislators assume office at the showtime of the legislative session, which starts at noon on the second Tuesday in January in the year after the election.[37] [38]
Utah (H, Due south)	Utah legislators assume office the kickoff day in January.[39] [forty]
Vermont (H, Southward)	Vermont legislators presume office the outset Wednesday subsequently the first Monday in Jan subsequently the ballot.[41]
Virginia (H, S)	Virginia legislators assume role the second Wednesday in January subsequently the ballot.[42] [43]
Washington (H, S)	Washington legislators assume part the 2d Monday of January.[44]
Wisconsin (A, S)	Wisconsin legislators presume office the first Monday in Jan following the election, unless the first Mon of January falls on January ane or 2. In those cases, legislators assume office on January iii.[45]
Wyoming (H, Southward)	Wyoming legislators presume role the offset Mon in January in odd-numbered years.[46]

States where legislators assume office the twelvemonth of their election

Legislature (H/Southward)	When terms begin
Alabama (H, S)	Alabama legislators presume part the day following their election.[47]
California (A, Southward)	California legislators assume function the outset Monday in the December following their election.[48]
Delaware (H, South)	Delaware legislators assume part the showtime Wednesday later the starting time Monday in November (the solar day after election 24-hour interval).[49] [50]
Florida (H, Southward)	Florida legislators assume office on the day they are elected in the general ballot.[51]
Hawaii (H, S)	Hawaii legislators assume office on the day they are elected in the full general ballot.[52]
Idaho (H, S)	Idaho legislators assume role on the get-go day in December post-obit the general election.[53]
Indiana (H, S)	Indiana legislators assume office the day after their general election.[54]
Maine (H, S)	Maine legislators presume role on the offset Wednesday of December following the general election.[55] [56]
Nevada (A, S)	Nevada legislators presume part on the get-go Wed afterward the first Monday in November (the day after election day).[57]
New Hampshire (H, S)	New Hampshire legislators assume office on the outset Wednesday of December following the general election.[58]
North Dakota (H, S)	Due north Dakota legislators assume part December 1st.[59]
Oklahoma (H, S)	Oklahoma legislators assume office xv days post-obit the general election.[sixty] [61]
Pennsylvania (H, Southward)	Pennsylvania legislators assume function on the first twenty-four hours of December afterward a general ballot.[62]
South Carolina (H, South)	South Carolina legislators assume role the Monday after the election.[63]
Tennessee (H, S)	Tennessee legislators presume office on the twenty-four hours they are elected in the general election.[64]
West Virginia (H, S)	West Virginia legislators presume office on the first solar day of Dec post-obit their ballot.[65]

Footnotes

1. ↑ JUSTIA Us Law, "Alaska Statutes, Sec. 24.05.080," accessed November 1, 2021
2. ↑ Alaska's Constitution, "A Citizen's Guide," accessed Nov 1, 2021
3. ↑ Arizona Revised Statutes, "41-1101, Section B," accessed November 22, 2016
4. ↑ Justia, "Arkansas Constitution Article five - Legislative Department Department five - Fourth dimension of meeting," accessed October 26, 2021
5. ↑ Colorado Secretarial assistant of State, "Colorado Constitution - Article v, Section seven," accessed February ix, 2021
6. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Colorado Constitution - Article four, Section 1," accessed Feb 9, 2021
7. ↑ Colorado Secretarial assistant of State, "Colorado Constitution - Article 4, Section 3," accessed Feb nine, 2021
8. ↑ Colorado LegiSource, "Surprise! The 2022 Legislative Session Convening a Week Earlier," September 20, 2018
9. ↑ Connecticut Constitution, "Article Three, Section 10," accessed Nov i, 2021
10. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Georgia Constitution - Article III, Department Iv, Paragraph I," accessed February 12, 2021
11. ↑ Illinois Constitution, "Commodity 4, Section 5a," accessed November 1, 2021
12. ↑ Iowa Constitution, "Article Iii, Legislative Department, Department 3," accessed November 1, 2021
13. ↑ JUSTIA Us Police, "Iowa Code, Section 39.viii - Term of function," accessed November i, 2021
14. ↑ Iowa Secretarial assistant of State, "Terms of Offices for Elected Officials," accessed November ane, 2021
15. ↑ Kansas Constitution, "Article Two, Section 2", accessed February ix, 2021
16. ↑ Kentucky Constitution, "Section thirty," accessed February ten, 2021
17. ↑ Louisiana Constitution, "Article 3, Section 5," accessed February x, 2021
18. ↑ Louisiana Constitution, "Article 4, Section 3," accessed February x, 2021
19. ↑ Maryland Constitution, "Commodity III, Department vi," accessed Feb 11, 2021
20. ↑ Massachusetts Constitution, "Article LXXXII," accessed February 12, 2021
21. ↑ Michigan Constitution, "Article Eleven, Section 2," accessed February 12, 2021
22. ↑ Minnesota.gov, "Minnesota Statute 3.05," accessed February 12, 2021
23. ↑ Minnesota.gov, "Minnesota Statute 3.011," accessed Nov 1, 2021
24. ↑ Mississippi Constitution, "Commodity 4, Section 36," accessed November 1, 2021
25. ↑ Missouri Revisor of Statutes, "Article Iii Section 20. Regular sessions of assembly — quorum — compulsory attendance — public sessions — limitation on ability to adjourn.," accessed Nov one, 2021
26. ↑ Montana State Legislature, "Montana Lawmaking Annotated 2021, v-two-102. Term of role," accessed November iv, 2021
27. ↑ Nebraska Constitution, "Article III-10," accessed November iv, 2021
28. ↑ New Jersey Constitution, "Article 4, Section II (ii.)," accessed February ten, 2021
29. ↑ New Mexico Constitution, "Article Four, Department iv, accessed November 1, 2021
30. ↑ New York Senate, "New York Constitution, Article XIII, Section 4," accessed November ane, 2021
31. ↑ N Carolina Constitution, "Article 2, Department 9," accessed Feb 12, 2021
32. ↑ Ohio Constitution, "Article 2, Department 02," accessed November 1, 2021
33. ↑ Ohio.gov, "A Guidebook for Ohio Legislators," accessed November 1, 2021
34. ↑ Oregon Constitution, "Commodity Iv, Department iv," accessed February 17, 2021
35. ↑ Rhode Island Constitution, "Article VI, Department three," accessed February 17, 2021
36. ↑ Due south Dakota Constitution, "Article iii, Section vii," accessed November 20, 2012
37. ↑ Texas Regime Code, "Title iii., Subtitle A., Sec. 301.001," accessed February 17, 2021
38. ↑ Texas Constitution, "Commodity three. Legislative Department, Section 4," accessed Nov 4, 2021
39. ↑ Utah Constitution, "Article VI, Section 3," accessed February 17, 2021
40. ↑ Utah Constitution, "Article Vi, Section iv," accessed February 17, 2021
41. ↑ Vermont Constitution, "Chapter II, Section 46," accessed February 4, 2021
42. ↑ Virginia Legislative Information Arrangement, "Code of Virginia - § 24.2-214. Election and term of Senators." accessed January 6, 2022
43. ↑ Virginia Legislative Data System, "Lawmaking of Virginia - § 24.2-215. Election and term of members of the House of Delegates." accessed January half dozen, 2022
44. ↑ Washington State Legislature, "RCW 44.04.021 Commencement of terms of office," accessed February 17, 2021
45. ↑ Wisconsin Statutes, "Chapter 13: Legislative Branch: 13.02 Regular sessions," accessed Oct v, 2021
46. ↑ Justia, "2020 Wyoming Statutes Championship 22 - Elections Chapter ii - Full general Provisions Department 22-2-107 - When Elected Country and Canton Officers Presume Offices.," accessed November 4, 2021
47. ↑ Justia, "Alabama Constitution, Article IV, Department 46," accessed November 22, 2016
48. ↑ California Constitution, "Article 4, Section ii. (a)(3)," accessed November one, 2021
49. ↑ Delaware Constitution, "Article 2, Section 3," accessed November 1, 2021
50. ↑ Delaware Constitution, "Article Ii, Section 4," accessed Nov 1, 2021
51. ↑ Florida Constitution, "Commodity Three, Section 15(d)," accessed November 22, 2016
52. ↑ Legislative Reference Bureau, "Hawaii Constitution, Article Iii, Department 4," accessed November i, 2021
53. ↑ Idaho Constitution, "Article Three, Section iii," accessed December eighteen, 2019
54. ↑ Indiana Constitution, "Article four, Department 3," accessed November i, 2021
55. ↑ Maine Constitution, "Article IV. Part First., Department 2," accessed November 1, 2021
56. ↑ Maine Constitution, "Article IV. Part Second., Section 5," accessed November 1, 2021
57. ↑ Nevada Constitution, "Article 4, Section 4," accessed Nov 1, 2021
58. ↑ New Hampshire Constitution, "Part Ii, Article 3," accessed February 10, 2021
59. ↑ North Dakota Constitution, "Article IV, Section 7," accessed February 12, 2021
60. ↑ Oklahoma Land Courts Network, "Oklahoma Statutes Citationized fourteen O.Southward. § 80.35.fourteen," accessed November 2, 2021
61. ↑ Oklahoma Land Courts Network, "Oklahoma Statutes Citationized xiv O.S. § 141 ," accessed November 2, 2021
62. ↑ Pennsylvania Constitution, "Article Ii, Section two," accessed November 1, 2021
63. ↑ South Carolina Constitution, "Article III, Section ten," accessed November 1, 2021
64. ↑ Tennessee Constitution, "Article Two, Section iii," accessed November ane, 2021
65. ↑ West Virginia Constitution, "Article IV, Section 7," accessed February nine, 2021

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