2025 Legislative Expectations within State Capitols
State lawmakers have started to return to their respective state capitols to begin the lawmaking process following the 2024 election. While the election resulted in a few shifts of political control in some chambers between Republicans and Democrats, the “status quo” was essentially maintained according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. This would imply a more a predictable and business-as-usual session within state capitols on the issues with one exception: the return of President-elect Trump to Washington, D.C.