WHO IS IN?

• Michigan is meeting in regular session this week. The District of Columbia, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania are in summer recess.
• The sixth special session of the California Legislature -- convened in 2009 and related to taxation -- is in recess.
• Connecticut is intemittently continuing a special session relating to campaign finance reform.
• New Jersey convened a special session July 1 to address legislation to cap property taxes. After reaching an agreement on the measure, the legislature recessed the special session indefinitely.
• Pennsylvania is intermittently continuing a special session relating to transportation funding.

WHO IS OUT (OR SOON TO BE OUT)?

• Mississippi convened a one-day special session August 27 to consider an economic development incentive plan and a ban on synthetic marijuana.
• California concluded regular floor sessions August 31. While the state's budget impasse will require lawmakers to convene a subsequent special session, a specific timetable has not yet been announced. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has until September 30 to sign or veto legislation that reaches his desk.

WHO'S IN LONG-TERM RECESS?

• Montana, North Dakota, and Texas completed their 2009 sessions and will not convene in 2010 unless called into special session.
• While the regular floor sessions of Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Wisconsin have concluded, these states do not officially adjourn until late December or early January.
• Illinois was slated to adjourn May 31, however the General Assembly did not reach an agreement on the state budget. Governor Pat Quinn (D) announced an interim budget plan July 1. The regular session remains in recess and is scheduled to return November 16 for a veto session.