List of United States state legislatures

Each state in the United States has a legislative branch as part of its form of civil government. Most of the fundamental details of the legislature are specified in the state constitution. Forty-nine (49) state legislatures are bicameral bodies, composed of a lower house (Assembly, General Assembly, State Assembly, House of Delegates or House of Representatives) and an upper house (Senate). The Nebraska Legislature is the lone unicameral body.

The exact names, dates, term lengths, term limits, electoral districts, and other details are at the discretion of the individual states.

Party summary

The party composition of the legislatures (and party summary of the individual chambers), as of 2013, was:^[1]

27	Republican-controlled Legislatures
17	Democratic-controlled Legislatures
5	Split Legislatures
1	Officially non-partisan (Nebraska)
50	Total

"Split" means that either the two chambers have different majority parties (e.g., Democratic Senate and Republican House), that one chamber is evenly split between parties, or that a coalition or "hung" chamber has occurred.

In several states, the party that controls the state legislature may not be the one that usually wins the state in presidential elections. Also note that due to politics, a party with a numerical majority in a chamber may be forced to share power with other parties due to informal coalitions, or outright cede power due to divisions.

The table below shows total state government control, which means the governor and the chamber majorities are all of the same party.

24	Republican-controlled governments
12	Democratic-controlled governments
3	Democratic Governor/Republican-controlled Legislature
4	Republican Governor/Democratic-controlled Legislature
1	Independent Governor/Democratic-controlled Legislature
1	Republican Governor/Split Legislature
4	Democratic Governor/Split Legislature
1	Republican Governor/Non-partisan Legislature (Nebraska)
50	Total

In the 2010 election, the Republican Party took control of a majority of the state legislative bodies, in which a net of 19 of the 49 partisan legislative bodies changed from Democratic Party control to Republican Party control.

Statistics

State legislatures

(After elections held on November 6, 2012.)^[2]

State	Name	Lower House			Upper House
State	Name	Name	Party strength	Term (Years)	Name	Party strength	Term (Years)
Alabama	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 65–40	4	Senate	R 22–12, 1 Ind.	4
Alaska	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 25–15	2	Senate	R 13–7	4
Arizona	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 36–24	2	Senate	R 17–13	2
Arkansas	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 51–48, 1 Green	2	Senate	R 21–14	4
California	State Legislature^[3]	Assembly	D 55–25	2	Senate	D 27–11, 2 vac.	4
Colorado	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 37–28	2	Senate	D 20–15	4
Connecticut	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 98–53	2	Senate	D 22–14	2
Delaware	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 27–14	2	Senate	D 13–8	4
Florida	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 76–44	2	Senate	R 26–14	4
Georgia	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 119–60, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	R 38–18	2
Hawaii	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 44–7	2	Senate	D 24–1	4
Idaho	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 57–13	2	Senate	R 28–7	2
Illinois	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 71–47	2	Senate	D 40–19	2 or 4
Indiana	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 69–31	2	Senate	R 37–13	4
Iowa	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 53–47	2	Senate	D 26–24	4
Kansas	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 92–33	2	Senate	R 32–8	4
Kentucky	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 55–44, 1 vac.	2	Senate	R 23–14, 1 Ind.	4
Louisiana	Legislature (self-designated)^[4]	House of Representatives	R 58–45, 2 Ind.	4	Senate	R 24–15	4
Maine	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 89–58, 4 Ind.	2	Senate	D 19–15, 1 Ind.	2
Maryland	General Assembly	House of Delegates	D 98–43	4	Senate	D 35–12	4
Massachusetts	General Court	House of Representatives	D 131–29	2	Senate	D 36–4	2
Michigan	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 59–51	2	Senate	R 26–12	4
Minnesota	Legislature	House of Representatives	DFL 73–61	2	Senate	DFL 39–28	4, 4, 2
Mississippi	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 64–58	4	Senate	R 31–21	4
Missouri	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 110–52, 1 vac.	2	Senate	R 24–10	4
Montana	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 61–39	2	Senate	R 29–21	4
Nebraska	Legislature	Unicameral and non–partisan Senate with 49 members (affiliations: R 30, D 17, 2 Ind.)					4
Nevada	Legislature	Assembly	D 27–15	2	Senate	D 11–10	4
New Hampshire	General Court	House of Representatives	D 221–179	2	Senate	R 13–11	2
New Jersey	Legislature	General Assembly	D 48–32	2	Senate	D 24–16	2, 4, 4
New Mexico	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 38–32	2	Senate	D 25–17	4
New York	State Legislature (unofficial)^[5]	Assembly	D 105–44, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	Coalition 36–27	2
North Carolina	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 77–43	2	Senate	R 33–17	2
North Dakota	Legislative Assembly	House of Representatives	R 71–23	4	Senate	R 33–14	4
Ohio	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 60–39	2	Senate	R 23–10	4
Oklahoma	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 72–29	2	Senate	R 36–12	4
Oregon	Legislative Assembly	House of Representatives	D 34–26	2	State Senate	D 16–14	4
Pennsylvania	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 110–93	2	Senate	R 27–23	4
Rhode Island	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 69–6	2	Senate	D 32–5, 1 Ind.	2
South Carolina	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 76–48	2	Senate	R 28–18	4
South Dakota	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 53–17	2	Senate	R 28–7	2
Tennessee	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 70–28, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	R 26–7	4
Texas	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 95–55	2	Senate	R 19–12	4
Utah	State Legislature^[6]	House of Representatives	R 61–14	2	Senate	R 24–5	4
Vermont	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 98–44, 4 P, 4 Ind.	2	Senate	D 21–7, 2 P	2
Virginia	General Assembly	House of Delegates	R 67–32, 1 Ind	2	Senate	R 20–20	4
Washington	State Legislature^[7]	House of Representatives	D 56–42	2	Senate	Coalition 25–24	4
West Virginia	Legislature	House of Delegates	D 54–46	2	Senate	D 25–9	4
Wisconsin	Legislature	Assembly	R 60–39	2	Senate	R 18–15	4
Wyoming	State Legislature^[8]	House of Representatives	R 52–8	2	Senate	R 26–4	4

Total State Representatives = 7382^[9]

District of Columbia and territorial legislatures

Federal district or insular area	Name	Lower House			Upper House
Federal district or insular area	Name	Name	Party strength	Term (Years)	Name	Party strength	Term (Years)
District of Columbia	Council (Unicameral)	D 11, 2 Ind.					4
American Samoa	Fono	House of Representatives	20 Ind.	2	Senate	18 Ind.	4
Guam	Legislature (Unicameral)	D 8–7					2
Northern Mariana Islands	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 12–4 Cov., Ind. 3–1 D	2	Senate	Coal. 6–3	4
Puerto Rico	Legislative Assembly	House of Representatives	NPP 32–18 PDP	4	Senate	NPP 17–9 PDP,1 Ind	4
U. S. Virgin Islands	Legislature (Unicameral)	D 9–4 ICM, 2 Ind.					2

Notes

The two nonvoting members of the Maine House of Representatives, elected by the Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe respectively, are not counted in the above table, as they are not counted in similar tabulations in State Government web sites.
As of July 17, 2012, Wisconsin's State Senate shifted to Democratic control.^[10]

Notes

^ National Conference of State Legislatures. "A GOP wave washed over state legislatures on Election Day". Retrieved 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/elections/statevote.aspx
^ The California Constitution names it the "California Legislature", but it brands itself the "California State Legislature".
^ The Louisiana Constitution vests legislative authority in "a legislature, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives," and refers to it as "the legislature" throughout, without officially designating a term for the two houses together. However, the two bodies do use the term "Louisiana State Legislature" in official references to itself.
^ In practice, the New York State Assembly and the New York Senate are often referred to together as the "New York State Legislature"; however, the New York State Constitution refers only to those two bodies separately and does not designate a name for the legislature as a whole. (See the Wikipedia article on the New York State Legislature.)
^ The Utah Constitution names it "the Legislature of the State of Utah", but legislature brands itself as the "Utah State Legislature".
^ The Washington Constitution names it "the legislature of the state of Washington", but legislature brands itself as the "Washington State Legislature".
^ The Wyoming Constitution names it "the legislature of the State of Wyoming", but legislature brands itself as the "Wyoming State Legislature".
^ http://www.ncsl.org/documents/statevote/2010_Legis_and_State_post.pdf
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External links

[1] National Conference of State Legislatures. "A GOP wave washed over state legislatures on Election Day". Retrieved 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[2] ttp://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/elections/statevote.aspx

[3] The California Constitution names it the "California Legislature", but it brands itself the "California State Legislature".

[4] The Louisiana Constitution vests legislative authority in "a legislature, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives," and refers to it as "the legislature" throughout, without officially designating a term for the two houses together. However, the two bodies do use the term "Louisiana State Legislature" in official references to itself.

[5] In practice, the New York State Assembly and the New York Senate are often referred to together as the "New York State Legislature"; however, the New York State Constitution refers only to those two bodies separately and does not designate a name for the legislature as a whole. (See the Wikipedia article on the New York State Legislature.)

[6] The Utah Constitution names it "the Legislature of the State of Utah", but legislature brands itself as the "Utah State Legislature".

[7] The Washington Constitution names it "the legislature of the state of Washington", but legislature brands itself as the "Washington State Legislature".

[8] The Wyoming Constitution names it "the legislature of the State of Wyoming", but legislature brands itself as the "Wyoming State Legislature".

[9] ttp://www.ncsl.org/documents/statevote/2010_Legis_and_State_post.pdf

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