diff --git a/x/gov/client/cli/cli_test.go b/x/gov/client/cli/cli_test.go
index 54bcdde07d4..8b56aff9d2b 100644
--- a/x/gov/client/cli/cli_test.go
+++ b/x/gov/client/cli/cli_test.go
@@ -431,6 +431,14 @@ func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestCmdGetProposals() {
 			},
 			false,
 		},
+		{
+			"get proposals with invalid status",
+			[]string{
+				"--status=unknown",
+				fmt.Sprintf("--%s=json", tmcli.OutputFlag),
+			},
+			true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
diff --git a/x/gov/client/rest/grpc_query_test.go b/x/gov/client/rest/grpc_query_test.go
index 9e4984a9aaa..57e0d8f2b78 100644
--- a/x/gov/client/rest/grpc_query_test.go
+++ b/x/gov/client/rest/grpc_query_test.go
@@ -119,10 +119,11 @@ func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestGetProposalsGRPC() {
 	val := s.network.Validators[0]
 
 	testCases := []struct {
-		name    string
-		url     string
-		headers map[string]string
-		expErr  bool
+		name             string
+		url              string
+		headers          map[string]string
+		wantNumProposals int
+		expErr           bool
 	}{
 		{
 			"get proposals with height 1",
@@ -130,12 +131,21 @@ func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestGetProposalsGRPC() {
 			map[string]string{
 				grpctypes.GRPCBlockHeightHeader: "1",
 			},
+			0,
 			true,
 		},
 		{
 			"valid request",
 			fmt.Sprintf("%s/cosmos/gov/v1beta1/proposals", val.APIAddress),
 			map[string]string{},
+			3,
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"valid request with filter by status",
+			fmt.Sprintf("%s/cosmos/gov/v1beta1/proposals?proposal_status=1", val.APIAddress),
+			map[string]string{},
+			1,
 			false,
 		},
 	}
@@ -153,7 +163,7 @@ func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestGetProposalsGRPC() {
 				s.Require().Empty(proposals.Proposals)
 			} else {
 				s.Require().NoError(err)
-				s.Require().Len(proposals.Proposals, 3)
+				s.Require().Len(proposals.Proposals, tc.wantNumProposals)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/x/gov/client/rest/rest_test.go b/x/gov/client/rest/rest_test.go
index adca107ada0..9049bd26401 100644
--- a/x/gov/client/rest/rest_test.go
+++ b/x/gov/client/rest/rest_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,62 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/types"
 )
 
+func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestLegacyGetAllProposals() {
+	val := s.network.Validators[0]
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name         string
+		url          string
+		numProposals int
+		expErr       bool
+		expErrMsg    string
+	}{
+		{
+			"get all existing proposals",
+			fmt.Sprintf("%s/gov/proposals", val.APIAddress),
+			3, false, "",
+		},
+		{
+			"get proposals in deposit period",
+			fmt.Sprintf("%s/gov/proposals?status=deposit_period", val.APIAddress),
+			1, false, "",
+		},
+		{
+			"get proposals in voting period",
+			fmt.Sprintf("%s/gov/proposals?status=voting_period", val.APIAddress),
+			2, false, "",
+		},
+		{
+			"wrong status parameter",
+			fmt.Sprintf("%s/gov/proposals?status=invalidstatus", val.APIAddress),
+			0, true, "'invalidstatus' is not a valid proposal status",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		tc := tc
+		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
+			respJSON, err := rest.GetRequest(tc.url)
+			s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+			if tc.expErr {
+				var errResp rest.ErrorResponse
+				s.Require().NoError(val.ClientCtx.LegacyAmino.UnmarshalJSON(respJSON, &errResp))
+				s.Require().Equal(errResp.Error, tc.expErrMsg)
+			} else {
+				var resp = rest.ResponseWithHeight{}
+				err = val.ClientCtx.LegacyAmino.UnmarshalJSON(respJSON, &resp)
+				s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+				// Check results.
+				var proposals types.Proposals
+				s.Require().NoError(val.ClientCtx.LegacyAmino.UnmarshalJSON(resp.Result, &proposals))
+				s.Require().Equal(tc.numProposals, len(proposals))
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestLegacyGetVote() {
 	val := s.network.Validators[0]
 	voterAddressBech32 := val.Address.String()
diff --git a/x/gov/client/utils/utils.go b/x/gov/client/utils/utils.go
index c88be3df3cb..f0bf6ead263 100644
--- a/x/gov/client/utils/utils.go
+++ b/x/gov/client/utils/utils.go
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ func NormalizeProposalType(proposalType string) string {
 func NormalizeProposalStatus(status string) string {
 	switch status {
 	case "DepositPeriod", "deposit_period":
-		return "DepositPeriod"
+		return types.StatusDepositPeriod.String()
 	case "VotingPeriod", "voting_period":
-		return "VotingPeriod"
+		return types.StatusVotingPeriod.String()
 	case "Passed", "passed":
-		return "Passed"
+		return types.StatusPassed.String()
 	case "Rejected", "rejected":
-		return "Rejected"
+		return types.StatusRejected.String()
 	default:
 		return status
 	}
diff --git a/x/gov/client/utils/utils_test.go b/x/gov/client/utils/utils_test.go
index 0da66b3c29b..bc3c43ca81d 100644
--- a/x/gov/client/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/x/gov/client/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-package utils
+package utils_test
 
 import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/client/utils"
 )
 
 func TestNormalizeWeightedVoteOptions(t *testing.T) {
@@ -50,7 +52,33 @@ func TestNormalizeWeightedVoteOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range cases {
-		normalized := NormalizeWeightedVoteOptions(tc.options)
+		normalized := utils.NormalizeWeightedVoteOptions(tc.options)
 		require.Equal(t, normalized, tc.normalized)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNormalizeProposalStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		status string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"invalid", args{"unknown"}, "unknown"},
+		{"deposit_period", args{"deposit_period"}, "PROPOSAL_STATUS_DEPOSIT_PERIOD"},
+		{"DepositPeriod", args{"DepositPeriod"}, "PROPOSAL_STATUS_DEPOSIT_PERIOD"},
+		{"voting_period", args{"deposit_period"}, "PROPOSAL_STATUS_DEPOSIT_PERIOD"},
+		{"VotingPeriod", args{"DepositPeriod"}, "PROPOSAL_STATUS_DEPOSIT_PERIOD"},
+		{"passed", args{"passed"}, "PROPOSAL_STATUS_PASSED"},
+		{"Passed", args{"Passed"}, "PROPOSAL_STATUS_PASSED"},
+		{"Rejected", args{"Rejected"}, "PROPOSAL_STATUS_REJECTED"},
+		{"rejected", args{"rejected"}, "PROPOSAL_STATUS_REJECTED"},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			require.Equal(t, tt.want, utils.NormalizeProposalStatus(tt.args.status))
+		})
+	}
+}