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The 2027 Legislative Calendar: Ready Before the Bill Drops

All 50 state legislatures meet in 2027, most in the first three weeks of January. Some are already taking bills: Virginia opened prefiling in July, and Texas opens November 9.

If your advocacy campaign isn’t built yet, now is the time to build it. In January, every approval, page and list you need will be competing with a bill that’s already moving.

Get the 2027 Legislative Calendar for session dates for all 50 states, plus the dates lawmakers will take office.

How to Have Your Advocacy Campaign Ready Before the Bill Drops

A bill gives you a deadline, not a head start. Do these five things now to prepare:

1. Mark your states and dates. List the legislatures you care about, when bills start landing in each, and when session opens and ends.
2. Build the action page before you need it. Write the page, the ask and the default message for your likeliest fight. 
3. Get approvals out of the way. Legal, comms, leadership, coalition partners. Whatever took two weeks to sign off last session, get it approved now as a template you can reuse.
4. Build your list now. Run sign-up campaigns while nobody is competing for attention, and use lead forms that let people sign up without leaving the app or page they’re on.
5. Make a plan to collect authentic stories from advocates. Prompt your supporters to take actions that will stand out to lawmakers like recording a video testimonial or calling their representative.