Florida Legislature

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

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instanceOf bicameral legislature
state legislature
appliesTo residents of Florida
branch legislative branch of Florida
budgetCycle annual state budget
canConfirmAppointments some executive appointments (primarily via Senate)
canImpeach certain state officials
canSubmit bills
concurrent resolutions
joint resolutions
convenes annually
country United States of America
surface form: United States
creates Florida statutes
electoralSystem single-member districts
governedByDocument Constitution of Florida
hasAuthority enact state laws
levy state taxes
override gubernatorial vetoes
pass state budget
propose constitutional amendments
hasComponent Florida Legislature self-linksurface differs
surface form: Florida House of Representatives

Florida Senate
hasLanguage English
hasPowerBalanceWith Governor of Florida
hasTermLimits yes
hasVotingSystem first-past-the-post
houseTermLength 2 years
isPartOf Government of Florida
jurisdiction Florida
surface form: State of Florida
legislativeBodyFor Florida
surface form: State of Florida
legislativeType bicameral
locationCity Tallahassee
locationCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
locationState Florida
lowerHouse Florida Legislature self-linksurface differs
surface form: Florida House of Representatives
meetsIn Tallahassee
surface form: Tallahassee, Florida
meetsInBuilding Florida State Capitol
membersElectedBy popular vote
numberOfChambers 2
oversees state agencies through hearings and oversight
redistrictingResponsibility legislative districts in Florida
senateTermLength 4 years
sessionType regular session
special session
state Florida
upperHouse Florida Senate
website https://www.leg.state.fl.us

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Florida 2022 Special Session C legislativeBody Florida Legislature
Florida 2022 Special Session C legislatureChamber Florida Legislature
this entity surface form: Florida House of Representatives
Florida 2022 Special Session C partOfLegislativeTerm Florida Legislature
this entity surface form: Florida Legislature 2021–2022 term
Florida Parental Rights in Education Act sponsoredBy Florida Legislature
this entity surface form: Florida Republican legislators
Florida Parental Rights in Education Act chamberOfOrigin Florida Legislature
this entity surface form: Florida House of Representatives
General Appropriations Act of Florida lowerChamber Florida Legislature
this entity surface form: Florida House of Representatives
Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research client Florida Legislature
this entity surface form: Florida House of Representatives
Florida Auditor General reportsTo Florida Legislature
Florida Auditor General reportsTo Florida Legislature
this entity surface form: Florida House of Representatives
Lawton Chiles memberOf Florida Legislature
this entity surface form: Florida House of Representatives
Florida law legislatedBy Florida Legislature
Florida Representative Fred Hawkins legislativeBody Florida Legislature
subject surface form: Fred Hawkins
this entity surface form: Florida House of Representatives
President of the Florida Senate positionIn Florida Legislature
House Rules (Florida House of Representatives) applyTo Florida Legislature
this entity surface form: Florida House of Representatives
Florida Board of Governors coordinatesWith Florida Legislature
Office of the Governor of Florida worksWith Florida Legislature
Article V of the Florida Constitution bindingOn Florida Legislature
this entity surface form: legislature of the State of Florida
Florida congressional delegation relatedTo Florida Legislature