Kentucky Senate

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legislative body state upper house

The Kentucky Senate is the upper chamber of the Kentucky General Assembly, responsible for crafting state legislation alongside the Kentucky House of Representatives.

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Label Occurrences
Kentucky Senate canonical 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
state upper house ⓘ
authority Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
budgetaryPower amend and approve state budget bills ⓘ
chamberColor red ⓘ
coLegislativeBody Kentucky House of Representatives ⓘ
constitutionArticle Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Kentucky Constitution Article II
convenesIn Kentucky State Capitol ⓘ
surface form: Kentucky State Capitol Senate Chamber
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createsLawType state statutes ⓘ
currentPresidentOfSenate Robert Stivers ⓘ
currentPresidentOfSenateParty Republican Party ⓘ
currentPresidentOfSenateSince 2013 ⓘ
electionCycle staggered terms ⓘ
electoralDistrictType single-member districts ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasLowerHouse Kentucky House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction Kentucky ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky
legislativeChamber upper house ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state ⓘ
majorityLeaderTitle Majority Leader ⓘ
meetingCity Frankfort, Kentucky ⓘ
meetingPlace Kentucky State Capitol ⓘ
memberTitle state senator ⓘ
minimumAgeForMembers 30 years ⓘ
minorityLeaderTitle Minority Leader ⓘ
numberOfMembers 38 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
oversightFunction oversight of executive branch agencies ⓘ
partOf Kentucky General Assembly ⓘ
portionOfChamberElectedEachCycle approximately half of seats ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
redistrictingBody Kentucky General Assembly ⓘ
residencyRequirement resident of Kentucky ⓘ
responsibility confirming certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
crafting state legislation ⓘ
participating in impeachment trials ⓘ
passing state budget ⓘ
roleInImpeachment tries impeachments brought by the House ⓘ
sealUsed Seal of Kentucky ⓘ
surface form: Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
sessionType regular session ⓘ
special session ⓘ
state Kentucky ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termLimits no term limits ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://legislature.ky.gov/Senate ⓘ

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

Kentucky → upperHouse → Kentucky Senate ⓘ
Kentucky General Assembly → legislativeChamber → Kentucky Senate ⓘ
Kentucky General Assembly → hasPart → Kentucky Senate ⓘ
Kentucky General Assembly → upperHouse → Kentucky Senate ⓘ
Kentucky House of Representatives → upperChamber → Kentucky Senate ⓘ
Government of Kentucky → hasChamber → Kentucky Senate ⓘ