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# State

Gets the proposal state for the specified proposal. The return value, `ProposalState` is an enumerated type defined in the Governor Bravo contract.

**Governor Bravo**

```
function state(uint proposalId) returns (ProposalState)
```

* `proposalId`: ID of a proposal in which to get its state.
* `RETURN`: Enumerated type ProposalState. The types are Pending, Active, Canceled, Defeated, Succeeded, Queued, Expired, andExecuted.

**Solidity**

```
GovernorBravo gov = GovernorBravo(0x123...); // contract address
GovernorBravo.ProposalState state = gov.state(123);
```

**Web3 1.2.6**

```javascript
const proposalStates = ['Pending', 'Active', 'Canceled', 'Defeated', 'Succeeded', 'Queued', 'Expired', 'Executed'];
const proposalId = 123;
result = await gov.methods.state(proposalId).call();
const proposalState = proposalStates[result];
```


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