Louisiana State Senate

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component of the Louisiana Legislature legislative body state upper house

The Louisiana State Senate is the upper chamber of the Louisiana Legislature, responsible for crafting and passing state laws alongside the House of Representatives.

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Louisiana State Senate canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
state upper house ⓘ
authority Louisiana Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Louisiana
budgetaryPower amend and approve state budget ⓘ
buildingTypeOfMeetingPlace state capitol building ⓘ
coLegislativeBody Louisiana House of Representatives ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electionCycle every 4 years ⓘ
electoralDistrictType single-member districts ⓘ
establishedBy Louisiana Constitution ⓘ
governs Louisiana ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasLowerHouse Louisiana House of Representatives ⓘ
hasRulesOfProcedure Senate Rules ⓘ
houseType upper chamber ⓘ
impeachmentRole tries certain officials impeached by the House ⓘ
jurisdiction Louisiana ⓘ
surface form: State of Louisiana
languageUsed English ⓘ
lawMakingProcess bills must pass both Senate and House ⓘ
leadershipPosition President of the Louisiana Senate ⓘ
President pro tempore of the Louisiana Senate ⓘ
legislativeChamber upper house ⓘ
legislatureNumberingPractice numbered by legislative sessions ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Baton Rouge, Louisiana ⓘ
meetsIn Louisiana State Capitol ⓘ
membershipType elected legislators ⓘ
numberOfLegislativeChambersInLegislature 2 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 39 ⓘ
officialWebsite https://senate.la.gov ⓘ
oversightOf executive branch of Louisiana ⓘ
partOf Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
surface form: Louisiana Legislature
passesOnBehalfOf people of Louisiana ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
responsibility approving the state budget ⓘ
confirming certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
crafting state laws ⓘ
passing state laws ⓘ
redistricting in Louisiana ⓘ
sessionLocation Baton Rouge, Louisiana ⓘ
state Louisiana ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termLimits 3 consecutive terms ⓘ
typeOfLegislature bicameral ⓘ
votingSystem nonpartisan blanket primary ⓘ

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

Louisiana → legislativeChamber → Louisiana State Senate ⓘ
Government of Louisiana → hasComponent → Louisiana State Senate ⓘ
Louisiana House of Representatives → hasUpperHouse → Louisiana State Senate ⓘ
Louisiana House of Representatives → sharesPowersWith → Louisiana State Senate ⓘ
Louisiana House of Representatives → impeachmentTrialHeldBy → Louisiana State Senate ⓘ
Louisiana State Legislature → hasPart → Louisiana State Senate ⓘ
Louisiana State Legislature → hasUpperHouse → Louisiana State Senate ⓘ
Richard Taylor → representedIn → Louisiana State Senate ⓘ
Sharon Weston Broome → legislativeBody → Louisiana State Senate ⓘ