Status of National Popular Vote Bill in Each State

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The National Popular Vote bill will take effect when enacted into law by states possessing 270 electoral votes (a majority of the 538 electoral votes). 

As of 2023, the bill has been enacted into law in 17 jurisdictions possessing 205 electoral votes, including 4 small states (Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, Vermont), 9 medium-sized states (Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington), and 3 big states (California, Illinois, New York), and the District of Columbia.  

The bill will take effect when enacted by states possessing an additional 65 electoral votes. 

The National Popular Vote bill has now passed a total of 43 state legislative chambers in 24 states. It has also passed at least one legislative chamber in 8 states possessing 78 electoral votes (Arkansas, Arizona, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Oklahoma, Virginia).  The bill has passed both houses of the Maine and Nevada legislatures at various time. The National Popular Vote bill has been introduced all 50 states at various times.  

On the map below, each square represents one electoral vote (out of 538). The map shows the number of electoral votes for each state according to the 2020 census. 

 

Map design (various versions) courtesty of Craig Barratt, Victor-Bobier, Jeff Pfoser, and Chris Pearson  

 

The states are listed below alphabetically.  Click here for chronological history. 

Alaska

Alabama

Arkansas - Passed House in 2007 and 2009

Arizona - Passed House in 2016

California - Enacted into law

Colorado - Enacted into law in 2019 by legislature and Governor, and approved by Colorado voters on November 3, 2020

Connecticut - Enacted into law

District of Columbia - Enacted into law

Delaware - Enacted into law

Florida

Georgia - Unanimously approved by House committee in 2016

Hawaii - Enacted into law

Iowa

Idaho

Illinois - Enacted into law

Indiana

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Massachusetts - Enacted into law

Maryland - Enacted into law

Maine - Passed House in 2024, and Senate in 2008 and 2019

Michigan - Passed House in 2008

Minnesota - Enacted into law

Missouri - Unanimously approved by House committee in 2016

Mississippi

Montana

North Carolina - Passed Senate in 2007

North Dakota

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey - Enacted into law

New Mexico - Enacted into law

Nevada - Passed Assembly in 2009; passed the Assembly and Senate in 2019, but vetoed; Passed Assembly and Senate in 2023 as a constitutional amendment

New York - Enacted into law

Ohio

Oklahoma - Passed Senate in 2015

Oregon - Enacted into law

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island - Enacted into law

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Virginia - Passed House in February 2020

Vermont - Enacted into law

Washington - Enacted into law

Wisconsin

West Virginia

Wyoming