The start of the new year also means the start of legislative sessions in many states.
Massachusetts gets a jump on everyone with statesmen meeting Jan. 1. Legislators in Idaho Montana, Ohio and Wisconsin will head back to their state houses Jan. 6 to start sessions. Kentucky, Mississippi, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island will begin Jan. 7. Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Vermont and Virginia have the starts of their sessions Jan. 8.
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming begin sessions in the second and third weeks of January.
Alabama, Nevada, Oklahoma and West Virginia do not start until February. Florida begins its session March 4. Louisiana legislators start their session April 14.
California and Maine are currently continuing sessions that started in December.
NIADA will be working with state associations to follow legislation at the state level impacting the independent auto industry in the new year. NIADA will also be keeping track of developments at the Federal level, working with lobby firm Hance Scarborough. Both the U.S. House and Senate return to work Jan. 3 ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration Jan. 20.
