diff --git a/changelog.d/12791.misc b/changelog.d/12791.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6e92b7eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/12791.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update EventContext `get_current_event_ids` and `get_prev_event_ids` to accept state filters and update calls where possible.
diff --git a/synapse/events/snapshot.py b/synapse/events/snapshot.py
index 9ccd24b298..7a91544119 100644
--- a/synapse/events/snapshot.py
+++ b/synapse/events/snapshot.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from synapse.types import JsonDict, StateMap
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from synapse.storage import Storage
     from synapse.storage.databases.main import DataStore
+    from synapse.storage.state import StateFilter
 
 
 @attr.s(slots=True, auto_attribs=True)
@@ -196,7 +197,9 @@ class EventContext:
 
         return self._state_group
 
-    async def get_current_state_ids(self) -> Optional[StateMap[str]]:
+    async def get_current_state_ids(
+        self, state_filter: Optional["StateFilter"] = None
+    ) -> Optional[StateMap[str]]:
         """
         Gets the room state map, including this event - ie, the state in ``state_group``
 
@@ -204,6 +207,9 @@ class EventContext:
         not make it into the room state. This method will raise an exception if
         ``rejected`` is set.
 
+        Arg:
+           state_filter: specifies the type of state event to fetch from DB, example: EventTypes.JoinRules
+
         Returns:
             Returns None if state_group is None, which happens when the associated
             event is an outlier.
@@ -216,7 +222,7 @@ class EventContext:
 
         assert self._state_delta_due_to_event is not None
 
-        prev_state_ids = await self.get_prev_state_ids()
+        prev_state_ids = await self.get_prev_state_ids(state_filter)
 
         if self._state_delta_due_to_event:
             prev_state_ids = dict(prev_state_ids)
@@ -224,12 +230,17 @@ class EventContext:
 
         return prev_state_ids
 
-    async def get_prev_state_ids(self) -> StateMap[str]:
+    async def get_prev_state_ids(
+        self, state_filter: Optional["StateFilter"] = None
+    ) -> StateMap[str]:
         """
         Gets the room state map, excluding this event.
 
         For a non-state event, this will be the same as get_current_state_ids().
 
+        Args:
+            state_filter: specifies the type of state event to fetch from DB, example: EventTypes.JoinRules
+
         Returns:
             Returns {} if state_group is None, which happens when the associated
             event is an outlier.
@@ -239,7 +250,7 @@ class EventContext:
         """
         assert self.state_group_before_event is not None
         return await self._storage.state.get_state_ids_for_group(
-            self.state_group_before_event
+            self.state_group_before_event, state_filter
         )
 
 
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/federation.py b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
index be5099b507..0386d0a07b 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/federation.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ from synapse.replication.http.federation import (
     ReplicationStoreRoomOnOutlierMembershipRestServlet,
 )
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.events_worker import EventRedactBehaviour
+from synapse.storage.state import StateFilter
 from synapse.types import JsonDict, StateMap, get_domain_from_id
 from synapse.util.async_helpers import Linearizer
 from synapse.util.retryutils import NotRetryingDestination
@@ -1259,7 +1260,9 @@ class FederationHandler:
             event.content["third_party_invite"]["signed"]["token"],
         )
         original_invite = None
-        prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids()
+        prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids(
+            StateFilter.from_types([(EventTypes.ThirdPartyInvite, None)])
+        )
         original_invite_id = prev_state_ids.get(key)
         if original_invite_id:
             original_invite = await self.store.get_event(
@@ -1308,7 +1311,9 @@ class FederationHandler:
         signed = event.content["third_party_invite"]["signed"]
         token = signed["token"]
 
-        prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids()
+        prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids(
+            StateFilter.from_types([(EventTypes.ThirdPartyInvite, None)])
+        )
         invite_event_id = prev_state_ids.get((EventTypes.ThirdPartyInvite, token))
 
         invite_event = None
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py b/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py
index 761caa04b7..05c122f224 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from typing import (
 
 from prometheus_client import Counter
 
+from synapse import event_auth
 from synapse.api.constants import (
     EventContentFields,
     EventTypes,
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ from synapse.replication.http.federation import (
 )
 from synapse.state import StateResolutionStore
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.events_worker import EventRedactBehaviour
+from synapse.storage.state import StateFilter
 from synapse.types import (
     PersistedEventPosition,
     RoomStreamToken,
@@ -1500,7 +1502,11 @@ class FederationEventHandler:
             return context
 
         # now check auth against what we think the auth events *should* be.
-        prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids()
+        event_types = event_auth.auth_types_for_event(event.room_version, event)
+        prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids(
+            StateFilter.from_types(event_types)
+        )
+
         auth_events_ids = self._event_auth_handler.compute_auth_events(
             event, prev_state_ids, for_verification=True
         )
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/message.py b/synapse/handlers/message.py
index 0951b9c71f..e566ff1f8e 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -634,7 +634,9 @@ class EventCreationHandler:
             # federation as well as those created locally. As of room v3, aliases events
             # can be created by users that are not in the room, therefore we have to
             # tolerate them in event_auth.check().
-            prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids()
+            prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids(
+                StateFilter.from_types([(EventTypes.Member, None)])
+            )
             prev_event_id = prev_state_ids.get((EventTypes.Member, event.sender))
             prev_event = (
                 await self.store.get_event(prev_event_id, allow_none=True)
@@ -761,7 +763,9 @@ class EventCreationHandler:
             # This can happen due to out of band memberships
             return None
 
-        prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids()
+        prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids(
+            StateFilter.from_types([(event.type, None)])
+        )
         prev_event_id = prev_state_ids.get((event.type, event.state_key))
         if not prev_event_id:
             return None
@@ -1547,7 +1551,11 @@ class EventCreationHandler:
                         "Redacting MSC2716 events is not supported in this room version",
                     )
 
-            prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids()
+            event_types = event_auth.auth_types_for_event(event.room_version, event)
+            prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids(
+                StateFilter.from_types(event_types)
+            )
+
             auth_events_ids = self._event_auth_handler.compute_auth_events(
                 event, prev_state_ids, for_verification=True
             )
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room.py b/synapse/handlers/room.py
index 794f94f6b3..92e1de0500 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room.py
@@ -303,7 +303,10 @@ class RoomCreationHandler:
             context=tombstone_context,
         )
 
-        old_room_state = await tombstone_context.get_current_state_ids()
+        state_filter = StateFilter.from_types(
+            [(EventTypes.CanonicalAlias, ""), (EventTypes.PowerLevels, "")]
+        )
+        old_room_state = await tombstone_context.get_current_state_ids(state_filter)
 
         # We know the tombstone event isn't an outlier so it has current state.
         assert old_room_state is not None
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room_member.py b/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
index 802e57c4d0..ea876c168d 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ from synapse.event_auth import get_named_level, get_power_level_event
 from synapse.events import EventBase
 from synapse.events.snapshot import EventContext
 from synapse.handlers.profile import MAX_AVATAR_URL_LEN, MAX_DISPLAYNAME_LEN
+from synapse.storage.state import StateFilter
 from synapse.types import (
     JsonDict,
     Requester,
@@ -362,7 +363,9 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
             historical=historical,
         )
 
-        prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids()
+        prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids(
+            StateFilter.from_types([(EventTypes.Member, None)])
+        )
 
         prev_member_event_id = prev_state_ids.get((EventTypes.Member, user_id), None)
 
@@ -1160,7 +1163,9 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         else:
             requester = types.create_requester(target_user)
 
-        prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids()
+        prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids(
+            StateFilter.from_types([(EventTypes.GuestAccess, None)])
+        )
         if event.membership == Membership.JOIN:
             if requester.is_guest:
                 guest_can_join = await self._can_guest_join(prev_state_ids)
diff --git a/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py b/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py
index 4ac2c546bf..4cc8a2ecca 100644
--- a/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py
+++ b/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import attr
 from prometheus_client import Counter
 
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership, RelationTypes
-from synapse.event_auth import get_user_power_level
+from synapse.event_auth import auth_types_for_event, get_user_power_level
 from synapse.events import EventBase, relation_from_event
 from synapse.events.snapshot import EventContext
 from synapse.state import POWER_KEY
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import lru_cache
 from synapse.util.caches.lrucache import LruCache
 from synapse.util.metrics import measure_func
 
+from ..storage.state import StateFilter
 from .push_rule_evaluator import PushRuleEvaluatorForEvent
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -168,8 +169,12 @@ class BulkPushRuleEvaluator:
     async def _get_power_levels_and_sender_level(
         self, event: EventBase, context: EventContext
     ) -> Tuple[dict, int]:
-        prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids()
+        event_types = auth_types_for_event(event.room_version, event)
+        prev_state_ids = await context.get_prev_state_ids(
+            StateFilter.from_types(event_types)
+        )
         pl_event_id = prev_state_ids.get(POWER_KEY)
+
         if pl_event_id:
             # fastpath: if there's a power level event, that's all we need, and
             # not having a power level event is an extreme edge case
diff --git a/synapse/storage/state.py b/synapse/storage/state.py
index e58301a8f0..ab630953ac 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/state.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/state.py
@@ -634,16 +634,19 @@ class StateGroupStorage:
 
         return group_to_state
 
-    async def get_state_ids_for_group(self, state_group: int) -> StateMap[str]:
+    async def get_state_ids_for_group(
+        self, state_group: int, state_filter: Optional[StateFilter] = None
+    ) -> StateMap[str]:
         """Get the event IDs of all the state in the given state group
 
         Args:
             state_group: A state group for which we want to get the state IDs.
+            state_filter: specifies the type of state event to fetch from DB, example: EventTypes.JoinRules
 
         Returns:
             Resolves to a map of (type, state_key) -> event_id
         """
-        group_to_state = await self.get_state_for_groups((state_group,))
+        group_to_state = await self.get_state_for_groups((state_group,), state_filter)
 
         return group_to_state[state_group]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_state.py b/tests/test_state.py
index 74a8ce6096..c6baea3d76 100644
--- a/tests/test_state.py
+++ b/tests/test_state.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class _DummyStore:
 
         return groups
 
-    async def get_state_ids_for_group(self, state_group):
+    async def get_state_ids_for_group(self, state_group, state_filter=None):
         return self._group_to_state[state_group]
 
     async def store_state_group(