Texas Legislature

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bicameral legislature state legislature

The Texas Legislature is the bicameral lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Texas, composed of the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature → state legislature →
budgetCycle	biennial →
canHoldSpecialSessions	yes →
canOverrideVeto	yes →
constitutionalBasis	Texas Constitution →
convenesRegularSession	biennially →
country	United States →
hasComponent	Texas House of Representatives → Texas Senate →
hasLegislativeSession	Regular session → Special session →
hasPower	approve state budget → confirm certain gubernatorial appointments → enact state laws → impeach certain state officials → levy state taxes → propose constitutional amendments →
hasVotingSystem	first-past-the-post →
houseCount	2 →
houseTermLength	2 years →
impeachmentInitiatedIn	Texas House of Representatives →
impeachmentTrialHeldIn	Texas Senate →
isBicameral	true →
legislativeAuthorityOver	State of Texas →
locatedInCity	Austin, Texas →
lowerHouse	Texas House of Representatives →
meetsIn	Texas State Capitol →
meetsInChamber	House Chamber of the Texas State Capitol → Senate Chamber of the Texas State Capitol →
numberOfRepresentatives	150 →
numberOfSenators	31 →
oversees	state agencies of Texas →
partySystem	multi-party with Republican and Democratic dominance →
passes	state statutes →
primaryLanguage	English →
redistricts	Texas congressional districts → Texas legislative districts →
regularSessionFrequency	every two years →
regularSessionLengthLimit	140 days →
regularSessionStartMonth	January →
senateElectionsStaggered	yes →
senateTermLength	4 years →
specialSessionsCalledBy	Governor of Texas →
state	Texas →
upperHouse	Texas Senate →
vetoOverrideRequirement	two-thirds vote in each house →
website	https://capitol.texas.gov/ →

Referenced by (42)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Texas State Capitol → Texas State Capitol ("Texas Senate") →	houses
Government of Texas → Texas legislative districts →	legislativeBody
Lieutenant Governor of Texas ("Texas Senate") → Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Texas ("Texas Senate") →	presidesOver
Texas congressional districts → Texas legislative districts →	redistrictingAuthority
Texas ("Texas Senate") → Texas Legislature ("Texas Senate") →	upperHouse
Texas Government Code →	administeredBy
Texas Government Code →	amendedBy
Article III of the Texas Constitution ("Texas Senate") →	appliesTo
Office of the Governor of Texas →	associatedWith
Article I of the Texas Constitution →	bindingOn
Texas's 32nd congressional district →	boundaryDeterminedBy
Texas House of Representatives ("Texas Senate") →	coequalWith
Texas Secretary of State ("Texas Senate") →	confirmedBy
Texas's 38th congressional district →	createdBy
Article III of the Texas Constitution ("Texas Senate") →	defines
Texas Constitution →	establishes
Congress of the Republic of Texas →	followedBy
Texas Southern University →	governedBy
Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Texas ("Texas Senate") →	governingBody
Government of Texas ("Legislative branch of Texas") →	hasBranch
Government of Texas ("Texas Senate") →	hasChamber
Texas Legislature ("Texas Senate") →	hasComponent
Congress of the Republic of Texas ("Texas Senate") →	hasPart
Texas House of Representatives ("Texas Senate") →	hasUpperHouse
Texas Legislature ("Texas Senate") →	impeachmentTrialHeldIn
Texas House of Representatives ("Texas Senate") →	impeachmentTrialsHeldBy
Texas →	legislature
Texas ("Texas House of Representatives") →	lowerHouse
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure →	maintainedBy
Texas House of Representatives →	partOf
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure →	publisher
Texas's 23rd congressional district →	redistrictedBy
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives ("Texas Senate") →	relatedBody
Lieutenant Governor of Texas →	salaryDeterminedBy
Constitution of 1866 (Texas) ("Texas legislature") →	subjectHasRole
Texas legislative districts ("Texas Senate") →	upperHouseBody
Governor of Texas →	worksWith