New York consistently introduces the largest number of bills per year, even beating out Massachusetts, the only state in the union that allows for citizens, not just lawmakers, to introduce bills in their legislature. With New York averaging 17,000 to 18,000 per session, Massachusetts is a distant second, coming in at roughly 7,000 on average. As a sampling of other states’ activity demonstrates, most legislatures stay in the sub-4,000 range per session. Even this year, with the budget looming over everything, New York has far exceeded that.