Arkansas General Assembly

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The Arkansas General Assembly is the bicameral state legislature of Arkansas, responsible for creating state laws and overseeing the functions of state government.

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instanceOf bicameral legislature
state legislature
appliesElectionLaw Arkansas election law
appliesLegalSystem common law
appliesTo residents of Arkansas
appliesToTerritory Arkansas
canOverride vetoes by the Governor of Arkansas
convenes Arkansas State Capitol
surface form: Arkansas State Capitol building
country United States of America
surface form: United States

United States of America
electoralDistrictType single-member districts
governedByDocument Arkansas Constitution
hasAuthorityOver state statutes of Arkansas
hasComponent Arkansas House of Representatives
Arkansas Senate
hasHouseSeats Arkansas House of Representatives
surface form: Arkansas House of Representatives has 100 members
hasLeaderTitle President of the Senate
Speaker of the House of Representatives
surface form: Speaker of the House
hasPower appropriate state funds
confirm certain gubernatorial appointments
create and modify state agencies
levy state taxes
propose constitutional amendments to the Arkansas Constitution
hasSenateSeats Arkansas Senate
surface form: Arkansas Senate has 35 members
hasSessionType regular sessions
special sessions
hasTypeOfJurisdiction state-level jurisdiction
hasVotingSystem first-past-the-post voting
jurisdiction Arkansas
surface form: State of Arkansas
languageOfWorkOrName English
legislativeBodyOf Arkansas
legislativePeriod biennial sessions
locatedIn Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
Pulaski County, Arkansas
lowerHouse Arkansas House of Representatives
meetsIn Arkansas State Capitol
numberOfChambers 2
oversees public policy in Arkansas
partOf government of Arkansas
responsibleFor enacting state laws
overseeing state government functions
passing the state budget
specialSessionsCalledBy Governor of Arkansas
upperHouse Arkansas Senate
uses committee system for legislation review
website https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/

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Arkansas legislature Arkansas General Assembly
Attorney General of Arkansas worksWith Arkansas General Assembly
University of Arkansas foundedBy Arkansas General Assembly
Arkansas State Capitol houses Arkansas General Assembly
Arkansas Senate partOf Arkansas General Assembly
Arkansas Senate legislativeChamberOf Arkansas General Assembly
Arkansas House of Representatives partOf Arkansas General Assembly
Arkansas House of Representatives legislature Arkansas General Assembly
Arkansas state government hasBranch Arkansas General Assembly
this entity surface form: Legislative branch of Arkansas
Arkansas state government legislativeBody Arkansas General Assembly
Arkansas Constitution establishesBody Arkansas General Assembly
Arkansas Code Annotated publisher Arkansas General Assembly
Arkansas Code Annotated maintainedBy Arkansas General Assembly