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title: "What's included in a \"Current Session\" in Plural?"
description: How Plural determines what the "Current Session" is
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# What's included in a "Current Session" in Plural?

## How Plural determines what the "Current Session" is

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You will find reference to a "Current Session" in the [bill search feature](https://help.pluralpolicy.com/easy-legislative-searches?hsLang=en) of the homepage or on a [Bill Detail page](https://help.pluralpolicy.com/inside-your-bill-view?hsLang=en).

Plural uses three factors to figure out what counts as the "Current Session:"

1. Regular sessions
2. Special sessions
3. Prefiles

When a jurisdiction has an active regular session, then the "Current Session" is simply that session

- e.g. "2022 Regular Session"

If a jurisdiction has a special session and a regular session that are active at the same time, then the "Current Session" is both sessions

- e.g. "2022 Regular Session" and "2022 Special Session A"

If a jurisdiction has no active sessions (regular or special) *and* the jurisdiction does not have any prefiles, then the "Current Session" includes all sessions that were active during that year.

Once a jurisdiction has prefiles available, the "Current Session" rules are as follows:

- When there are only prefiles available (no active regular session or special sessions), then the "Current Session" is the session for prefiles.
- When there are active sessions, then the "Current Session" includes both the session for prefiles *and* the active sessions.

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