subnational legislature

A subnational legislature is a lawmaking body that operates below the national level—such as a state, provincial, or regional assembly—responsible for creating and overseeing laws and policies within its specific territorial jurisdiction.

Aliases (31)

• state upper house ×15
• regional parliament ×12
• local legislative body ×9
• provincial legislature ×9
• state parliament ×9
• county legislature ×7
• devolved legislature ×7
• state legislative chamber ×7
• territorial legislature ×7
• Sámi parliament ×3
• legislative branch of government ×2
• provincial congress ×2
• provincial legislative assembly ×2
• state legislative upper house ×2
• state legislature of the United States ×2
• subnational parliament ×2
• State legislative council ×1
• cantonal parliament ×1
• component of the California State Legislature ×1
• component of the Florida Legislature ×1
• component of the Texas Legislature ×1
• law-making body ×1
• lawmaking body ×1
• lower house of state legislature ×1
• provincial council ×1
• provincial legislative body ×1
• regional legislature ×1
• state and territory legislature of Australia ×1
• state legislative body ×1
• state legislature of India ×1
• unicameral component of a bicameral legislature ×1

Instances (114)

• Senedd ("devolved legislature")
• Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ("territorial legislature")
• Parliament of Queensland ("state parliament")
• Municipal council of Meyrin ("local legislative body")
• Legislative Assembly of Queensland ("state legislative body")
• Manitoba ("provincial legislature")
• Madeira ("regional parliament")
• Scottish Parliament ("devolved legislature")
• Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature ("territorial legislature")
• Senate ("state legislative chamber")
• Nevada Senate ("state upper house")
• Council of the District of Columbia
• Kabardino-Balkaria ("regional parliament")
• Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("provincial legislature")
• Alaska Territorial Legislature ("territorial legislature")
• Maryland Senate ("state upper house")
• Parliament of New South Wales ("state parliament")
• Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg ("regional parliament")
• Georgia State Senate ("state upper house")
• Landtag of Lower Saxony ("state parliament")
• Grand Council of Geneva ("cantonal parliament")
• Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly ("subnational parliament")
• Westchester County Board of Legislators ("county legislature")
• London Assembly ("regional parliament")
• Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin (Berlin House of Representatives) ("state parliament")
• municipal council of The Hague ("local legislative body")
• New York Provincial Congress ("provincial congress")
• Northern Ireland Parliament ("devolved legislature")
• Northern Ireland Assembly (1973) ("devolved legislature")
• Oregon State Senate ("state upper house")
• Landtag of Bavaria ("state parliament")
• Essex County Board of Supervisors ("county legislature")
• Flemish Parliament ("regional parliament")
• East African Legislative Assembly ("regional parliament")
• California State Senate ("state legislative chamber")
• National Assembly of Quebec ("provincial legislative body")
• Quebec City Council ("local legislative body")
• Arizona Senate ("state upper house")
• Illinois General Assembly ("state legislature of the United States")
• Virginia Convention ("provincial congress")
• Parliament of Catalonia ("regional parliament")
• Provincial Council of Groningen ("provincial council")
• Northern Ireland Assembly ("devolved legislature")
• Western Cape Provincial Parliament ("provincial legislature")
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly ("provincial legislature")
• Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ("state parliament")
• Sicilian Regional Assembly ("regional parliament")
• Rajasthan Legislative Assembly ("state legislature of India")
• Jackson County Legislature ("county legislature")
• Quezon City Council ("local legislative body")
• Oklahoma Senate ("state upper house")
• California constitutional convention of 1849 (as law‑making body for U.S. statehood) ("law-making body")
• Parliament of South Australia ("state parliament")
• Connecticut State Senate ("state upper house")
• Parlamaid na h-Alba ("devolved legislature")
• Florida Senate ("state legislative upper house")
• Northern Cape Provincial Legislature ("provincial legislature")
• Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ("State legislative council")
• Texas House of Representatives ("component of the Texas Legislature")
• Parliament of Tasmania ("state parliament")
• Guam Legislature ("territorial legislature")
• Ulster County Legislature ("county legislature")
• New South Wales Legislative Assembly ("unicameral component of a bicameral legislature")
• Alaska Senate ("state upper house")
• California State Assembly ("lower house of state legislature")
• Illinois Senate ("state upper house")
• Legislative Assembly of Manitoba ("provincial legislative assembly")
• Landtage of the Austrian federal states
• Massachusetts state legislature ("legislative branch of government")
• Sámediggi (Norway) ("Sámi parliament")
• Senate ("state legislative chamber")
• Rockland County Legislature ("county legislature")
• Sámediggi (Sweden) ("Sámi parliament")
• Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ("provincial legislature")
• Sámediggi (Finland) ("Sámi parliament")
• Provincial Assembly of Sindh ("provincial legislature")
• Northern Territory Legislative Assembly ("subnational parliament")
• Massachusetts Senate ("state upper house")
• Albany County Legislature ("county legislature")
• Legislative Assembly of Madeira ("regional parliament")
• Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan ("provincial legislature")
• Iowa General Assembly ("state legislature of the United States")
• Iowa Senate ("state upper house")
• New York state politics ("state upper house")
• Mississippi State Senate ("state upper house")
• Mississippi House of Representatives ("state legislative chamber")
• Wisconsin State Senate ("state upper house")
• Wisconsin State Assembly ("state legislative chamber")
• Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature ("provincial legislature")
• municipal council of Nijmegen ("local legislative body")
• municipal council of Leiden ("local legislative body")
• Landtag of Hesse ("state parliament")
• Moscow Oblast Duma ("regional parliament")
• Greene County Legislature ("county legislature")
• Legislative Assembly of Alberta ("provincial legislative assembly")
• Gori City Assembly ("local legislative body")
• Indiana Senate ("state upper house")
• New York State Senate ("state legislative upper house")
• West Virginia Legislature ("legislative branch of government")
• Massachusetts House of Representatives ("state legislative chamber")
• Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ("territorial legislature")
• Corsican Assembly ("regional parliament")
• New Hampshire Senate ("state legislative chamber")
• Legislature of the Virgin Islands ("territorial legislature")
• Assembly of Madrid ("regional legislature")
• Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ("territorial legislature")
• Wrocław City Council ("local legislative body")
• municipal council of Aracataca ("local legislative body")
• Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ("regional parliament")