Virginia House of Delegates

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The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower chamber of the Virginia General Assembly, serving as one of the oldest continuous legislative bodies in the Western Hemisphere.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
lower house of state legislature
buildingStyleOfChamber neoclassical (Virginia State Capitol)
canImpeach certain state officials
canIntroduce bills
country United States of America
electoralCycle every 2 years
establishedInYear 1619
governs state law of Virginia
hasCommitteeSystem special committees
standing committees
hasJurisdiction Virginia
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
hasMajorityLeader Majority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates
hasMinorityLeader Minority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates
hasMotto Sic Semper Tyrannis (state motto used in symbolism)
hasNumberOfMembers 100
hasPower approve state budget
confirm certain gubernatorial appointments
levy state taxes
pass state statutes
hasSpeaker Speaker of the House of Delegates
surface form: Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates
hasTypeOfMembers state delegates
hasWebsite https://virginiageneralassembly.gov
historicalOrigin colonial legislature of Virginia
isChamber lower house
isElectedBy voters of Virginia
isOneOfOldestContinuousLegislativeBodiesIn Western Hemisphere
isPartOf bicameral legislature of Virginia
isRecordedIn House Journal
surface form: Journals of the House of Delegates
isRegulatedBy rules of the Virginia House of Delegates
isSubjectTo Constitution of Virginia
surface form: Virginia Constitution
languageUsed English
legislativeChamberOf Virginia
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Richmond, Virginia
meetsIn Virginia State Capitol
meetsInCity Richmond
meetsInSession regular sessions
special sessions
numberOfLegislativeDistricts 100
otherChamber Virginia Senate
surface form: Senate of Virginia
partOf Virginia General Assembly
precededBy House of Burgesses
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker
represents single-member districts
seatOfGovernment Virginia State Capitol
termLength 2 years
usesVotingTechnology electronic voting board in chamber
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Patrick Henry memberOf Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom legislativeBody Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia General Assembly hasComponent Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia General Assembly lowerHouse Virginia House of Delegates
House of Burgesses replacedBy Virginia House of Delegates
House of Burgesses followedBy Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia state government hasComponent Virginia House of Delegates
subject surface form: Virginia General Assembly
George Rogers Clark memberOf Virginia House of Delegates
George Herbert Allen memberOf Virginia House of Delegates
subject surface form: George Allen
Virginia Constitution of 1776 lowerHouseName Virginia House of Delegates
this entity surface form: House of Delegates of Virginia
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech politicalBodyAddressed Virginia House of Delegates
this entity surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses members (as delegates)
Henry Lee II memberOf Virginia House of Delegates
Woodbridge, Virginia representedIn Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia Senate hasLowerHouse Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia Senate sharesLegislativePowerWith Virginia House of Delegates
Cyrus Griffin memberOf Virginia House of Delegates
Charles Fenton Mercer memberOf Virginia House of Delegates
House of Delegates chamber usedBy Virginia House of Delegates
George Wythe memberOf Virginia House of Delegates