West Virginia Senate

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The West Virginia Senate is the upper chamber of the West Virginia Legislature, responsible for crafting state laws, confirming certain gubernatorial appointments, and representing citizens through elected senators.

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Label Occurrences
West Virginia Senate canonical 10
West Virginia state senators 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the West Virginia Legislature
legislative chamber
state upper house
authority Constitution of West Virginia
building West Virginia State Capitol
surface form: West Virginia State Capitol Senate chamber
coLegislativeBody West Virginia House of Delegates
convenesAt Charleston, West Virginia
country United States of America
surface form: United States
electionType partisan elections
establishedBy Constitution of West Virginia
hasChamberType upper house
hasCommitteeSystem select committees
standing committees
hasLeaderTitle Majority Leader
Minority Leader
President Pro Tempore
President of the Senate
hasLegislativeProcess bicameral with House of Delegates
hasNumberOfMembers 34
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Senate1.cfm
hasPower advise and consent on certain gubernatorial appointments
try impeachment cases initiated by the House of Delegates
hasSession regular session
special session
hasTermLength 4 years
hasTermLimits no term limits
jurisdiction West Virginia
surface form: State of West Virginia
legislativeBodyFor West Virginia
surface form: State of West Virginia
legislatureType bicameral legislature
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Charleston, West Virginia
meetsIn West Virginia State Capitol
minimumAgeOfMembers 25 years
partOf West Virginia Legislature
presidingOfficer President of the West Virginia Senate
redistrictingBody West Virginia Legislature
represents legislative districts in West Virginia
responsibility confirming certain gubernatorial appointments
crafting state laws
overseeing executive branch through hearings and investigations
participating in state budget process
proposing constitutional amendments
representing citizens through elected senators
selectionOfPresident elected by Senate members
sessionStartMonth January
state West Virginia
usesLegislativeInstrument bills
resolutions
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Subject: West Virginia Senate
Description of subject: The West Virginia Senate is the upper chamber of the West Virginia Legislature, responsible for crafting state laws, confirming certain gubernatorial appointments, and representing citizens through elected senators.

Referenced by (11)

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

West Virginia upperHouse West Virginia Senate
West Virginia Legislature hasPart West Virginia Senate
West Virginia Legislature upperHouse West Virginia Senate
West Virginia House of Delegates hasUpperHouse West Virginia Senate
West Virginia State Capitol houses West Virginia Senate
Government of West Virginia hasComponent West Virginia Senate
President of the West Virginia Senate category West Virginia Senate
this entity surface form: West Virginia state senators