Nebraska Legislature

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The Nebraska Legislature is the unique unicameral, nonpartisan state legislative body that enacts laws and oversees government in the U.S. state of Nebraska.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Nebraska Legislature canonical 10
Nebraska Unicameral 2
Nebraska Unicameral Legislature 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public institution
state legislative body
unicameral state legislature
appliesToJurisdiction Nebraska
chamberName Nebraska Legislature self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nebraska Unicameral
country United States of America
electoralSystem nonpartisan blanket primary
establishedBy Nebraska Constitution
function confirms certain gubernatorial appointments
levies state taxes
oversees state government
passes state budget
proposes constitutional amendments
governedByDocument Rules of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature
hasCommitteeSystem select committees
special committees
standing committees
hasLeaderTitle Committee Chairperson
Executive Board Chairperson
Speaker
hasMotto The Unicameral
hasNumberOfChambers 1
hasNumberOfMembers 49
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasPresidingOfficer Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature
hasPresidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the Legislature
hasSessionType regular session
special session
hasVotingSystem nonpartisan elections
hasWebsite https://nebraskalegislature.gov
isBicameral false
isNonpartisan true
isNonpartisanAmongUSStates only officially nonpartisan state legislature
isUnicameral true
isUniqueAmongUSStates only unicameral state legislature
legislativeBodyFor Nebraska
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
meetsIn Nebraska State Capitol
memberTitle state senator
primaryFunction enacts state laws
proposedBy George W. Norris
reformApprovedByVotersIn 1934
reorganizedAsUnicameralIn 1937
seatOfGovernment Lincoln, Nebraska
termLength 4 years
termLimit 2 consecutive terms
votingSystemForMembers single-member districts

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nebraska legislatureName Nebraska Legislature
Nebraska State Capitol houses Nebraska Legislature
Lincoln, Nebraska legislatureLocatedIn Nebraska Legislature
Nebraska Legislature chamberName Nebraska Legislature self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nebraska Unicameral
Deb Fischer (as U.S. Senator from Nebraska) legislativeBody Nebraska Legislature
subject surface form: Deb Fischer
The Tower on the Plains houses Nebraska Legislature
subject surface form: Nebraska State Capitol
The Tower on the Plains legislativeChamberName Nebraska Legislature
subject surface form: Nebraska State Capitol
Nebraska state government legislativeBody Nebraska Legislature
Nebraska state government legislativeChamber Nebraska Legislature
this entity surface form: Nebraska Unicameral
Marsh v. Chambers legislativeBodyInvolved Nebraska Legislature
Ernest Chambers memberOfPoliticalBody Nebraska Legislature
Ernie Chambers memberOfPoliticalBody Nebraska Legislature
Ernie Chambers memberOfPoliticalBody Nebraska Legislature
this entity surface form: Nebraska Unicameral Legislature
Susanne Shore sphereOfActivity Nebraska Legislature
this entity surface form: Nebraska politics