legislative body

A legislative body is an organized group of elected or appointed representatives empowered to create, amend, and repeal laws and oversee government policy within a political system.

Aliases (50)

• parliament ×110
• national legislature ×57
• municipal legislative body ×55
• lower house of parliament ×43
• upper house ×33
• upper house of parliament ×33
• legislature ×26
• legislative chamber ×22
• lower house ×20
• national parliament ×18
• parliamentary chamber ×15
• state lower house ×14
• chamber of parliament ×13
• legislative assembly ×12
• federal legislature ×11
• legislative subcommittee ×10
• national assembly ×10
• historical legislature ×9
• parliamentary body ×9
• lower house of legislature ×8
• municipal legislative committee ×8
• legislative council ×4
• English Parliament ×2
• European Parliament workplace ×2
• Lower house ×2
• National Assembly of Nigeria ×2
• State legislative assembly ×2
• chamber of the Congress of the Union ×2
• chamber of the Federal Assembly of Russia ×2
• chamber of the United States Congress ×2
• house of the Congress of the Union ×2
• parliament of a country ×2
• French legislative assembly ×1
• Legislative body ×1
• Upper house ×1
• chamber of Tynwald ×1
• chamber of a bicameral legislature ×1
• chamber of the Cortes Generales ×1
• chamber of the National Diet of Japan ×1
• chamber of the Parliament of Australia ×1
• chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ×1
• chamber of the States General of the Netherlands ×1
• component of the Massachusetts General Court ×1
• component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ×1
• congress ×1
• constitutional body of Germany ×1
• elected legislative body ×1
• federal legislative body ×1
• federal legislature of the United States ×1
• federal parliament ×1

Instances (showing first 500 of 858)

• Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ("lower house")
• Council of the European Union
• Senate of Nigeria ("upper house of parliament")
• First Chamber ("upper house of parliament")
• Sejm ("lower house of parliament")
• Parliament of Scotland ("parliament")
• Reichstag of Nazi Germany
• Lok Sabha ("lower house of parliament")
• Portland City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• National Assembly of France ("lower house of parliament")
• Second Chamber ("lower house of parliament")
• Senate of Poland ("upper house of parliament")
• Senedd ("parliament")
• NCAA Division I Council
• National Convention
• Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union
• Slovak Assembly
• National People's Congress ("parliament")
• Bombay Legislative Council
• National Assembly of Ecuador
• 国会 ("立法機関")
• Bundesrat
• Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
• Portland City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• National Assembly of Panama
• Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
• Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ("legislature")
• Legislative Assembly of Queensland ("lower house of parliament")
• National Assembly at Epidaurus ("national assembly")
• National Assembly at Astros ("national assembly")
• National Assembly of People’s Power ("parliament")
• Cortes of Spain
• Mexican Congress ("national legislature")
• Council of State
• Greek National Assemblies of the War of Independence ("national assembly")
• Atlanta City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• City of Montreal Council
• House of Representatives of the Netherlands ("lower house of parliament")
• House of Representatives of Japan ("lower house of parliament")
• Senate of Bermuda ("upper house")
• Federation Council of Russia ("upper house of parliament")
• Legislature of California under Mexican rule
• Senate of Puerto Rico
• Congress of Colombia ("national legislature")
• National Assembly at Troezen ("national assembly")
• House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ("lower house")
• House of Assembly of Bermuda ("lower house of parliament")
• Detroit City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• Congress of the Republic of Peru ("national legislature")
• Memphis City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union
• Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ("parliament")
• House of Representatives ("chamber of parliament")
• Parliament of England ("historical legislature")
• Senate of Belgium ("upper house of parliament")
• Chicago City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• Scottish Parliament ("national parliament")
• Parliament of Canada ("national legislature")
• New York State Assembly ("state lower house")
• House of Deputies
• Senate of Canada ("upper house of parliament")
• Federal Council ("upper house of parliament")
• National Council ("lower house of parliament")
• New Zealand Parliament ("national legislature")
• Tynwald ("parliament")
• Second Continental Congress ("legislative assembly")
• Parliament of the Bahamas ("national legislature")
• United States House of Representatives ("lower house of bicameral legislature")
• Verkhovna Rada ("national legislature")
• Senate of the Bahamas ("upper house")
• European Parliament (Luxembourg seat) ("European Parliament workplace")
• Colonial Assembly of Maryland ("lower house of legislature")
• MGA ("upper house")
• Legislative Assembly ("lower house of legislature")
• Austrian Parliament ("federal legislative body")
• Senate ("upper house")
• Estates-General of 1789 ("parliamentary body")
• New Hampshire General Assembly
• Constituent Assembly of India
• Chamber of Deputies ("lower house of parliament")
• Ottoman Parliament
• Parliament of Ireland ("historical legislature")
• New Jersey General Assembly ("lower house")
• New York City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• General Convention of the Episcopal Church
• Swiss Federal Assembly ("parliament")
• Eureka City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• States General of the Netherlands
• Tampa City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• Hungarian Diet ("historical legislative assembly")
• National Diet ("national legislature")
• Nevada Senate
• National Constituent Assembly ("French legislative assembly")
• House of Keys ("lower house of parliament")
• Nevada Assembly ("state lower house")
• Council of the District of Columbia
• Chamber of Deputies ("national parliament")
• Regional Representative Council ("national legislative chamber")
• Congress of the Republic of Texas ("legislature")
• House of Commons of Canada ("lower house of parliament")
• Congress of the Philippines ("national legislature")
• Legislative Council ("upper house")
• Oslo City Council ("local legislature")
• Alaska House of Representatives ("state lower house")
• U.S. Congress (indirectly through SEC oversight) ("federal legislature")
• Alaska Territorial Legislature
• Chamber of Deputies of Chile ("lower house of parliament")
• Maryland Senate
• Maryland House of Delegates ("state lower house")
• New Orleans City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• Congress of the Union ("federal legislature")
• Parliament of South Africa ("national legislature")
• Hellenic Parliament ("parliament")
• Senate of the Republic ("upper house of parliament")
• General Synod
• Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ("group of legislators")
• National Council of Provinces ("upper house of parliament")
• House of Commons of Great Britain ("lower house of parliament")
• Parliament of Singapore ("national legislature")
• American colonial assemblies
• Birmingham City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• People's Consultative Assembly
• Parliament of Bermuda ("parliament")
• People's Representative Council ("legislature")
• Cortes Generales ("national parliament")
• Imperial Diet
• Plurinational Legislative Assembly ("national parliament")
• Senate of Spain ("upper house of parliament")
• Congress of Deputies ("lower house of parliament")
• Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security ("legislative subcommittee")
• Federal Parliament of Belgium ("national legislature")
• European Parliament (Brussels seat) ("European Parliament workplace")
• National Assembly of South Korea ("parliament")
• Senate (Egypt) ("upper house")
• National Assembly of Vietnam ("parliament")
• San Francisco Board of Supervisors ("municipal legislative body")
• Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg
• Georgia House of Representatives ("state lower house")
• Georgia State Senate
• House of Lords ("upper house of parliament")
• Corps législatif of France ("legislative assembly")
• Landtag of Lower Saxony
• Government of France and Parliament of France ("legislature")
• Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education ("legislative subcommittee")
• Senate of France ("upper house of parliament")
• Massachusetts colonial legislature
• Grand Council of Geneva
• Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services ("legislative subcommittee")
• Madras Legislative Council
• Legislative Council of the United Provinces ("upper house")
• Assam Legislative Assembly
• Provisional State Council ("parliament")
• Miami City Commission ("municipal legislative body")
• Senate of the Philippines ("upper house of the Congress of the Philippines")
• European Parliament
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• House of Peers ("upper house")
• Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government ("legislative subcommittee")
• Legislative Assembly of the United Provinces ("legislative assembly")
• Imperial Legislative Council of India
• Council of States ("upper house")
• National Council ("chamber of parliament")
• Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Budget Process, Oversight and Program Evaluation ("legislative subcommittee")
• Seanad Éireann ("upper house of parliament")
• Escambia County Board of County Commissioners
• Oakland City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• National Assembly ("parliament")
• Council of the Nation ("upper house of parliament")
• South American Parliament (planned)
• Westchester County Board of Legislators
• Senate of the Republic of Mexico ("upper house of parliament")
• Commons House of Assembly ("lower house")
• Folketing ("legislature")
• Oireachtas ("national parliament")
• Bend City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• People's National Assembly ("lower house of parliament")
• Convocation Convention ("legislative assembly")
• Commons ("lower house of parliament")
• Dáil Éireann ("lower house of parliament")
• National Parliament ("national legislature")
• Dutch Senate ("upper house of parliament")
• Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin (Berlin House of Representatives)
• National Congress of Argentina ("federal legislature")
• Senate of Argentina
• Chamber of Deputies of Argentina ("lower house of parliament")
• National Assembly of Pakistan ("lower house of parliament")
• General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
• Parliament of Iran ("national legislature")
• Northern Ireland Parliament ("parliament")
• House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa ("lower house of parliament")
• Senate of Chile ("upper house of parliament")
• Assembleia da República
• AR ("national parliament")
• PLC ("elected legislative body")
• States General of the Habsburg Netherlands ("parliament")
• Parliament of Ceylon ("parliament")
• Legislature of Liberia ("national parliament")
• Senate of Ceylon ("upper house")
• Senate of Liberia ("upper house of parliament")
• City Commission of Key West ("municipal legislative body")
• Knesset ("legislature")
• Male ("parliament")
• House of Representatives of Liberia ("lower house of parliament")
• municipal council of Haarlemmermeer
• ASP
• Sudanese parliament ("national legislature")
• Tribunate ("legislative assembly")
• Sénat conservateur
• Oregon State Senate ("legislative chamber")
• Parliament of Kenya ("national legislature")
• Oregon House of Representatives ("state lower house")
• Parliament of Zimbabwe ("national legislature")
• House of Commons chamber ("parliamentary chamber")
• Iowa City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• House of Lords chamber ("parliamentary chamber")
• House of Bishops
• Moscow City Soviet of People’s Deputies
• Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany ("legislative assembly")
• Flemish Parliament ("parliament")
• Chamber of Deputies ("lower house of legislature")
• East African Legislative Assembly
• Constituent Congress of 1823–1824
• Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute ("legislative oversight body")
• California State Senate ("upper house")
• Parliament of Jamaica ("national legislature")
• Commons House of Assembly ("lower house")
• Riksdag ("legislature")
• Churchwide Assembly
• Church Council
• Lynden City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• Senate of Jamaica ("upper house")
• House of Representatives of Jamaica ("lower house of parliament")
• Lebanese Parliament ("parliament")
• Senate of the Republic ("upper house of parliament")
• Senate ("upper house of parliament")
• Rump Parliament ("parliament")
• Arizona Senate ("legislative chamber")
• House of Representatives ("lower house")
• House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
• Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig
• The Diet ("national legislature")
• Arizona House of Representatives ("state lower house")
• Yountville Town Council ("municipal legislative body")
• Boston City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• Landtag of Württemberg ("parliament")
• Parliament of Egypt ("national legislature")
• Zemsky Sobor of 1613 ("national assembly")
• National Parliament of Solomon Islands ("parliament")
• New South Wales Legislative Council ("upper house")
• St. Helena City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• Calistoga City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• House of Burgesses ("lower house")
• Toronto City Council
• Nitijeļā ("parliament")
• House of Assembly of Zimbabwe ("lower house of parliament")
• Parliament of Catalonia
• Parliament of Morocco ("national legislature")
• Provincial Council of Groningen
• 98th United States Congress ("federal legislature")
• Parliament of Kazakhstan ("national legislature")
• Senate of Kazakhstan ("upper house of parliament")
• Subcommittee on Intellectual Property ("legislative subcommittee")
• Cook County Board of Commissioners
• Miami Beach City Commission ("municipal legislative body")
• Parliament of Upper Canada
• Parliament of the Republic of the Congo ("national legislature")
• Cedar Falls City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR ("legislature")
• Parliament of Great Britain ("parliament")
• Montgomery City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• Senate of the Republic of the Congo ("upper house of parliament")
• Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian SFSR
• Northern Ireland Assembly ("parliamentary body")
• Odelsting ("former legislative chamber")
• Lagting ("upper house")
• Pasadena City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• Palau National Congress ("national legislature")
• Parliament of Italy ("national legislature")
• 41st United States Congress ("historical legislature")
• States General ("national parliament")
• Assembly of the Republic ("legislature")
• Cortes of Castile ("parliament")
• British Parliament ("legislature")
• Althing ("parliament")
• Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• Los Angeles City Council
• Selma City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• Parliament of Malaysia ("national legislature")
• Howard County Board of Supervisors
• Rajasthan Legislative Assembly ("legislative assembly")
• Federal Assembly of Russia ("parliament")
• Council of Ministers
• the Council
• Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
• Jackson County Legislature
• Tallahassee City Commission ("municipal legislative body")
• Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) ("lower house of legislature")
• EK ("parliamentary chamber")
• House of Councillors ("upper house")
• 10th National Assembly (current as of 2023–2027) ("National Assembly of Nigeria")
• House of Commons of England ("lower house of parliament")
• Chamber of Deputies of Equatorial Guinea ("lower house of parliament")
• Parliament of Gibraltar ("parliament")
• Legislative Council of Upper Canada ("upper house")
• House of Representatives of Nigeria ("lower house of legislature")
• Senate of Equatorial Guinea ("upper house of parliament")
• Senate chamber ("legislative chamber")
• Parliament of Pakistan ("federal legislature")
• Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards ("municipal legislative committee")
• Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy ("municipal legislative committee")
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights ("municipal legislative committee")
• Committee on Aviation ("municipal legislative committee")
• Committee on Aging and Disability ("municipal legislative committee")
• Provincial Synod of Province IX ("legislative assembly")
• Zionist General Council ("representative legislative body")
• Oklahoma Senate ("legislative chamber")
• New York Colonial Assembly ("lower house of legislature")
• Napa City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• Palestinian Legislative Council ("parliament")
• Legislative Council of Hong Kong ("parliament")
• Roman Senate
• Corts of Valencia
• Confederate Congress ("national legislature")
• Santa Fe City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• New Jersey colonial assembly ("lower house of legislature")
• 9th National Assembly (2019–2023) ("National Assembly of Nigeria")
• the House ("lower house of parliament")
• Springfield City Council ("municipal legislative body")
• National Assembly of Bulgaria ("parliament")
• People's Assembly of Syria ("national parliament")
• Virginia state government ("lower house")
• Parliament of South Australia
• Thai parliament ("national legislature")
• History of the United States Congress ("history of a legislative body")
• Legislative Council of South Australia ("upper house of parliament")
• Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ("legislative body presidium")