Virginia Senate

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component of the Virginia General Assembly legislative body state upper house

The Virginia Senate is the upper chamber of the Virginia General Assembly, responsible for crafting and passing state laws alongside the House of Delegates.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Senate of Virginia	7
Virginia Senate canonical	3
Virginia State Senate	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	component of the Virginia General Assembly ⓘ legislative body ⓘ state upper house ⓘ
budgetRole	amends and approves state budget bills ⓘ
canHold	special sessions ⓘ
canOverrideVetoWith	two-thirds majority in both houses ⓘ
chamberType	upper house ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	coequal branch of state government ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
electionCycle	staggered terms ⓘ
electoralDistrictBasis	single-member districts ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
governedBy	rules of the Senate of Virginia ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	yes ⓘ
hasLowerHouse	Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
hasOfficer	Clerk of the Senate of Virginia ⓘ President pro tempore of the Virginia Senate ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://apps.senate.virginia.gov ⓘ
hasPower	propose amendments to the Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
jurisdiction	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
lawMakingScope	statewide public policy in Virginia ⓘ
legislativeFunction	crafting state laws ⓘ passing state laws ⓘ
legislativeProcess	bills must pass both Senate and House of Delegates ⓘ
locatedInCity	Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
meetsIn	Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
meetsInChamber	Virginia State Capitol ⓘ surface form: Senate chamber of the Virginia State Capitol
numberOfMembers	40 ⓘ
oversightFunction	conducts hearings and investigations ⓘ
partOf	Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
presidingOfficerRole	Lieutenant Governor of Virginia ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle	President of the Senate ⓘ
primaryResponsibility	approving state budget ⓘ confirming certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ enacting state legislation ⓘ
redistrictingAuthority	shares with Virginia House of Delegates and other state actors ⓘ
represents	residents of Virginia Senate districts ⓘ
roleInImpeachment	tries impeachments brought by the House of Delegates ⓘ
sealOrEmblem	Seal of the Senate of Virginia ⓘ
sessionType	annual regular sessions ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith	Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature	bicameral component ⓘ
votingEligibility	members elected by popular vote ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ