Washington State Legislature

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The Washington State Legislature is the bicameral legislative body of the U.S. state of Washington, responsible for creating state laws and overseeing the state budget through its Senate and House of Representatives.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Washington State Legislature canonical	27
Legislative branch of Washington (state)	2
https://leg.wa.gov/House	1
legislature of the State of Washington	1
“The Legislature of the State of Washington” (formal designation)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ state legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington (state)
branchOf	Government of Washington (state) ⓘ
canBeConveneBy	Governor of Washington ⓘ
compositionMethod	elected by popular vote ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
elects	members of the Washington House of Representatives ⓘ members of the Washington State Senate ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of the State of Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington State Constitution
hasChamber	lower house ⓘ upper house ⓘ
hasCommittee	House Appropriations Committee ⓘ House Judiciary Committee ⓘ Senate Law and Justice Committee ⓘ Senate Ways and Means Committee ⓘ
hasDocument	Revised Code of Washington ⓘ
hasLeader	President of the Washington State Senate ⓘ
hasMotto	Washington State Legislature self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: “The Legislature of the State of Washington” (formal designation)
hasPart	Washington House of Representatives ⓘ Washington State Senate ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficer	Lieutenant Governor of Washington ⓘ
hasSpeaker	Speaker of the Washington House of Representatives ⓘ
hasTermLength	2 years for state representatives ⓘ 4 years for state senators ⓘ
jurisdiction	statewide matters within Washington ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Government of Washington (state) ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
meetingPlace	Washington State Capitol ⓘ
meetsIn	Olympia ⓘ surface form: Olympia, Washington
numberOfChambers	2 ⓘ
oversees	redistricting process in Washington (subject to independent commission and law) ⓘ
power	appropriate state funds ⓘ levy state taxes ⓘ override gubernatorial veto with supermajority ⓘ propose constitutional amendments to the Washington State Constitution ⓘ
produces	session laws of Washington ⓘ
regularSessionLength	105 days in odd-numbered years ⓘ 60 days in even-numbered years ⓘ
regulates	statewide public policy areas such as education, transportation, and public safety ⓘ
responsibleFor	enacting state laws ⓘ overseeing state agencies through legislation ⓘ passing state budget ⓘ
sessionType	biennial sessions ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ
website	https://leg.wa.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

Washington → hasLegislature → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Tacoma, Washington → stateLegislativeBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Thurston County, Washington → containsGovernmentBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Shoreline Management Act of 1971 (Washington) → enactedBy → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Washington State University → founder → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Olympia → isHomeTo → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Ed Murray → legislativeBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Washington, United States → legislature → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington (state)

Evergreen State College → governingBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Washington State Legislature → hasMotto → Washington State Legislature self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: “The Legislature of the State of Washington” (formal designation)

Washington State Senate → legislativeChamberOf → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Washington House of Representatives → partOf → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Washington House of Representatives → website → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: https://leg.wa.gov/House

Washington State Governor's Office → worksWith → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Washington State Capitol → houses → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Annette Cleveland → partOf → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Government of Washington (state) → hasBranch → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative branch of Washington (state)

Government of Washington (state) → legislativeBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Revised Code of Washington → updatedBy → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

RCW 90.58 → enactedBy → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Washington Growth Management Act → legislativeBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

ECY → hasLegalAuthorityFrom → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

ECY → accountableTo → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Judicial branch of Washington (state) → coequalBranchWith → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative branch of Washington (state)

Constitution of the State of Washington → legislativeBodyEstablished → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Constitution of the State of Washington → bindingOn → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: legislature of the State of Washington

Drew Hansen → employer → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Washington Court of Appeals → establishedBy → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Steve Conway (politician) → legislativeBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Steve Conway (politician) → employer → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Attorney General of Washington → collaboratesWith → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

Washington State, United States → legislature → Washington State Legislature ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington (state)