LLC Statute Adoption Timeline by State
State-by-state matrix. Cite within scope, source dates, and limitations shown below.
| State | Enactment Year | Effective Date | Recodification Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| WYchecked 2026-08-15 | 1977 | — | — |
| NVchecked 2026-08-15 | Source pending | — | — |
| COchecked 2026-08-15 | 1990 | 1990-04-18 | — |
| DEchecked 2026-08-15 | Source pending | — | Currently 6 Del. C. Chapter 18 (Delaware Limited Liability Company Act); the primary fetch located a LATER amendment reference ('68 Del. Laws, c. 434') but not the original 1992 enactment's own chapter/session-law number. |
| TXchecked 2026-08-15 | Source pending | — | Originally Texas Limited Liability Company Act (1991); now Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code Chapter 101 following the 2006 BOC recodification. |
| MAchecked 2026-08-15 | Source pending | — | M.G.L. Chapter 156C (Limited Liability Company Act). |
| VTchecked 2026-08-15 | Source pending | — | Original 11 V.S.A. Chapter 21 (repealed 2014, recodified to Chapter 25). |
| HIchecked 2026-08-15 | Source pending | — | HRS Chapter 428 (Uniform Limited Liability Company Act). |
| FLchecked 2026-08-15 | 1982 | — | Superseded by the Florida Revised LLC Act, Ch. 605, effective 2015. |
| NMchecked 2026-08-15 | 1993 | — | — |
| NYchecked 2026-08-15 | 1994 | 1994-10-24 | — |
| NCchecked 2026-08-15 | 1993 | 1993-10-01 | Original Chapter 57C was repealed effective 2014-01-01 by S.L. 2013-157 and replaced by new Chapter 57D. |
| NDchecked 2026-08-15 | 1993 | — | Original Chapter 10-32 (enacted 1993) was repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 87, §41 and replaced by Chapter 10-32.1 (~2016). |
| OHchecked 2026-08-15 | 1994 | 1994-07-01 | Original Ohio LLC Act (ORC Chapter 1705, enacted 1994 via SB74) repealed effective 2022-02-11 by S.B. 276, replaced by ORC Chapter 1706. |
| OKchecked 2026-08-15 | 1992 | 1992-09-01 | — |
| KYchecked 2026-08-15 | 1994 | 1994-07-15 | — |
| LAchecked 2026-08-15 | 1992 | 1992-07-07 | — |
| MEchecked 2026-08-15 | 1993 | — | Original Chapter 13 was repealed by PL 2009, c. 629, replaced by a new Maine LLC Act codified as Chapter 21, effective 2011-07-01. |
| MDchecked 2026-08-15 | 1992 | 1992-10-01 | — |
| MIchecked 2026-08-15 | 1993 | 1993-06-01 | — |
| MNchecked 2026-08-15 | 1992 | 1993-01-01 | Chapter 322B was later repealed and replaced by the Minnesota Revised Uniform LLC Act, codified as Chapter 322C, effective 2018-01-01. |
| UTchecked 2026-08-15 | 1991 | — | Original 1991 Act repealed/replaced by Title 48 ch.2c (2001), itself repealed/replaced by the current Title 48 ch.3a (2013). le.utah.gov's historical viewer only reaches back to 2014. |
| VAchecked 2026-08-15 | 1991 | — | — |
| WAchecked 2026-08-15 | 1994 | 1994-10-01 | Original chapter 25.15 RCW (1994 c 211) repealed in full and replaced by a new RULLCA-based chapter 25.15 RCW via 2015 c 188 §108, effective 2016-01-01. |
| WVchecked 2026-08-15 | 1992 | 1992-03-06 | Original Act repealed by 1996 W.Va. Acts ch.256, replaced by the Uniform LLC Act at W.Va. Code ch.31B. |
| WIchecked 2026-08-15 | 1993 | 1994-01-01 | Original ch.183 repealed/recreated in full by 2021 Wisconsin Act 258, effective 2023-01-01. |
| DCchecked 2026-08-15 | 1994 | 1994-07-23 | DC's original 1994 Act was replaced by the Uniform LLC Act of 2010, now codified at DC Code Title 29, Ch.8. |
| ALchecked 2026-08-15 | Source pending | — | Original 1993 act renumbered to §10A-5-1.01 by Act 2009-513; that Chapter 5 repealed by Act 2014-144 eff. 2017-01-01, replaced by Chapter 5A. |
| AKchecked 2026-08-15 | 1994 | 1995-07-01 | AS 10.50 substantially revised in place by ch78 SLA 1997 and ch60 SLA 2013. |
| AZchecked 2026-08-15 | Source pending | — | Original 1992 act repealed/replaced via SB1353 (2018), phased in through 2020-09-01. |
| ARchecked 2026-08-15 | Source pending | 1993-04-12 | Act 1003 of 1993 codified at Ark. Code Ann. §§4-32-101 to 4-32-1401. |
| CAchecked 2026-08-15 | 1994 | 1994-09-30 | Original Beverly-Killea LLC Act repealed eff. 2014-01-01, replaced by the Rev. Uniform LLC Act. |
| CTchecked 2026-08-15 | 1993 | — | Currently at Conn. Gen. Stat. Ch.613. A separate Ch.613a referenced by secondary sources but not independently verified. |
| MSchecked 2026-08-15 | Source pending | 1994-07-01 | Recodified as the 'Revised Mississippi LLC Act' (2010), applicable to new LLCs from 2011-01-01. |
| MOchecked 2026-08-15 | 1993 | 1993-12-01 | — |
| MTchecked 2026-08-15 | 1993 | — | — |
| NEchecked 2026-08-15 | 1993 | — | Original Act repealed by 2013 Neb. Laws LB 283 §10, superseded by the Nebraska Uniform LLC Act (2010 LB 888), eff. 2011-01-01 for new LLCs. |
| NHchecked 2026-08-15 | Source pending | — | Fully recodified as the 'NH Revised LLC Act' by 2012 N.H. Laws ch.232. Old-Act LLCs continued under prior law until 2014-01-01. |
| NJchecked 2026-08-15 | 1993 | — | Repealed/replaced by the Revised Uniform LLC Act, P.L. 2012, c.50, approved 2012-09-19. |
| GAchecked 2026-08-15 | 1993 | 1994-03-01 | 1993 Act repealed/replaced a narrower 1992 foreign-LLC-only statute. O.C.G.A.'s official annotated text is Lexis-exclusive; no .gov mirror exists. |
| IDchecked 2026-08-15 | 1993 | — | Original 'Idaho LLC Act' later repealed/replaced by the Idaho Uniform LLC Act. |
| ILchecked 2026-08-15 | 1992 | 1994-01-01 | Substantially amended/restated by P.A. 90-424 (eff. 1-1-98). |
| INchecked 2026-08-15 | 1993 | — | — |
| IAchecked 2026-08-15 | 1992 | 1992-07-01 | Ch.490A repealed by its own terms eff. 2010-12-31, superseded by the Iowa Revised Uniform LLC Act. |
| KSchecked 2026-08-15 | 1990 | — | Original K.S.A. 17-7601 et seq. repealed by L.1999, ch.119, §87, eff. 2000-01-01, replaced by the Kansas Revised LLC Act. |
| ORchecked 2026-08-15 | 1993 | — | — |
| PAchecked 2026-08-15 | 1994 | 1995-02-05 | Ch.89 of 15 Pa.C.S. later substantially rewritten by the PA Uniform LLC Act of 2016, eff. 2017-04-01. |
| RIchecked 2026-08-15 | 1992 | — | — |
| SCchecked 2026-08-15 | 1994 | 1994-06-16 | Original 1994 SC LLC Act (Title 33, Ch.43) repealed/replaced in 1996 by the SC Uniform LLC Act of 1996, recodified at Title 33, Ch.44. |
| SDchecked 2026-08-15 | Source pending | — | SDCL ch.47-34 repealed in full by SL 2005, ch.241, §5. Successor ch.47-34A added by SL 1998, ch.272 -- proves ch.47-34 predates 1998, but its own original enactment year is unconfirmed against any primary source. |
| TNchecked 2026-08-15 | Source pending | — | T.C.A. Title 48, Ch.201-248 was superseded going forward by the TN Revised LLC Act (Ch.249), enacted 2005, eff. 2006-01-01. |
Hover column headers to see field definitions. Hover cell text to see source notes. Typed unknowns (e.g., “Portal not observable”) are methodological limits, not data gaps.
Research scope
All 51 U.S. jurisdictions (50 states + DC). enactment_year records the year each state's legislature enacted its original LLC-enabling statute — the first time that jurisdiction made the limited liability company available as a business form. Wyoming was first, in 1977; every other jurisdiction followed over the next two decades.effective_date is populated only where a primary source documents a distinct legal-effect date later than enactment. recodification_note flags a later full re-adoption of LLC law (a new act, a renumbered chapter) that must not be conflated with the state's original enactment year.
How to read this matrix
Each row is a U.S. state. The cited source is the state's own statute or session-law text, not a secondary aggregator — where the original enacting act itself is not directly accessible online, the citation binds to the state's current codified statute instead, and the note field says which. Typed unknowns mark states not yet primary-source-verified under the methodology at /about/methodology/.
Sources
Primary-source citations per row live in the matrix's sources.json companion. The full source taxonomy lives at /about/source-registry/.
Frequently asked questions
Which state first allowed LLCs?
Wyoming, in 1977 — the first Wyoming Limited Liability Company Act (Wyo. Stat. §17-29-101 et seq.). No other U.S. jurisdiction had an LLC-enabling statute before Wyoming's.
When did all 50 states have LLC statutes?
By the mid-to-late 1990s every U.S. jurisdiction had enacted an LLC-enabling statute, roughly two decades after Wyoming's original 1977 act. See the matrix above for each state's specific enactment year.
What does 'enactment year' mean on this matrix, versus effective date?
Enactment year is when the legislature passed and signed the original LLC-enabling act. A small number of states set a later effective date for that same act — where a primary source documents a distinct effective date, it is noted separately and does not change the enactment year.
Why do some states show a recodification note?
Several states have since replaced their original LLC act with a new one — often adopting a Uniform Limited Liability Company Act variant, or renumbering the chapter entirely. A recodification is a later re-adoption of LLC law, not the state's original enactment; this matrix tracks the original enactment year and notes the recodification separately where one is documented.
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