What is the average bill lifecycle by state?

A bill's lifecycle, from introduction to a governor's signature, varies enormously depending on the state's session length and structure. In a short annual or biennium session lasting only a few weeks, a bill that's going to pass often has to move through committee and floor votes in both chambers within that compressed window, or it dies when the session ends. In states with longer or near-continuous sessions, a bill can move more gradually, sometimes carrying over from one part of a session to another.

Beyond raw session length, a bill's actual pace depends heavily on how controversial it is, whether leadership prioritizes it, and how many committees it's referred to. A non-controversial, narrowly scoped bill can move in days; a contested bill touching multiple committees can take the entire session and still fail.

Because lifecycle timing depends so much on the specific state, session, and bill, a general average is less useful than tracking the actual real-time status of the specific bills a team cares about, which is what continuous legislative monitoring is built to do.