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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Texas Legislature canonical	75
Texas Senate	37
Legislative Branch of Texas	1
Legislative branch of Texas	1
State of Texas appropriations	1
Texas House of Representatives	1
Texas Senate delegation	1
Texas State Senate	1
Texas legislature	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ state legislature ⓘ
budgetCycle	biennial ⓘ
canHoldSpecialSessions	yes ⓘ
canOverrideVeto	yes ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Texas Constitution ⓘ
convenesRegularSession	biennially ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasComponent	Texas House of Representatives ⓘ Texas Legislature self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 Legislature self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Texas Senate
isBicameral	true ⓘ
legislativeAuthorityOver	Texas ⓘ surface form: State of Texas
locatedInCity	Austin ⓘ surface form: Austin, Texas
lowerHouse	Texas House of Representatives ⓘ
meetsIn	Texas State Capitol ⓘ
meetsInChamber	Texas State Capitol ⓘ surface form: House Chamber of the Texas State Capitol Texas State Capitol ⓘ surface form: 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 Legislature self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Texas Senate
vetoOverrideRequirement	two-thirds vote in each house ⓘ
website	https://capitol.texas.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (119)

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

Texas → legislature → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas → upperHouse → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Texas → lowerHouse → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas House of Representatives

Texas Legislature → hasComponent → Texas Legislature self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Texas Legislature → upperHouse → Texas Legislature self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Texas Legislature → impeachmentTrialHeldIn → Texas Legislature self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Texas State Capitol → houses → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Texas legislative districts → legislativeBody → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas legislative districts → upperHouseBody → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Texas legislative districts → redistrictingAuthority → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas House of Representatives → partOf → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas House of Representatives → hasUpperHouse → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Texas House of Representatives → coequalWith → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Texas House of Representatives → impeachmentTrialsHeldBy → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Governor of Texas → worksWith → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas congressional districts → redistrictingAuthority → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas Constitution → establishes → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Congress of the Republic of Texas → hasPart → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Congress of the Republic of Texas → followedBy → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas Southern University → governedBy → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Government of Texas → hasBranch → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative branch of Texas

Government of Texas → legislativeBody → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Government of Texas → hasChamber → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Texas → presidesOver → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Texas → governingBody → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Texas Code of Criminal Procedure → publisher → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas Code of Criminal Procedure → maintainedBy → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas Government Code → administeredBy → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas Government Code → amendedBy → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives → relatedBody → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Lieutenant Governor of Texas → presidesOver → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Lieutenant Governor of Texas → salaryDeterminedBy → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Office of the Governor of Texas → associatedWith → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas's 23rd congressional district → redistrictedBy → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Article I → bindingOn → Texas Legislature ⓘ

subject surface form: Article I of the Texas Constitution

Article III → defines → Texas Legislature ⓘ

subject surface form: Article III of the Texas Constitution

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Article III → appliesTo → Texas Legislature ⓘ

subject surface form: Article III of the Texas Constitution

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Texas Secretary of State → confirmedBy → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Senate

Texas's 38th congressional district → createdBy → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Constitution of 1866 (Texas) → subjectHasRole → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas legislature

Texas's 32nd congressional district → boundaryDeterminedBy → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas abortion laws → governedBy → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas Education Agency → subordinateTo → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas Education Agency → foundedByStatute → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas Senate District 2 → legislativeBody → Texas Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas State Senate

Texas Senate District 2 → representedIn → Texas Legislature ⓘ

439th Judicial District Court of Texas → createdBy → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Texas House of Representatives District 33 → partOf → Texas Legislature ⓘ

Prairie View A&M University → founder → Texas Legislature ⓘ