Senate

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component of bicameral legislature state legislative chamber upper house

The Senate is the upper chamber of California's bicameral state legislature, responsible for crafting and voting on state laws alongside the lower Assembly.

Aliases (1)

California State Senate ×39

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	component of bicameral legislature → state legislative chamber → upper house →
approves	state budget →
building	State Capitol Senate Chamber →
chamberType	upper chamber →
city	Sacramento →
coequalWith	California State Assembly →
coLegislativeBody	California State Assembly →
constitutionalAuthority	California Constitution Article IV →
country	United States →
electoralDistrictBasis	single-member districts →
electorate	registered voters in California Senate districts →
establishedBy	California Constitution →
governingDocument	Rules of the California State Senate →
hasCommitteeSystem	yes →
hasLowerHouse	California State Assembly →
hasPresidingOfficer	President pro tempore of the California State Senate →
jurisdiction	State of California →
language	English →
legislativeFunction	crafting state laws → voting on state laws →
levelOfGovernment	state →
location	Sacramento, California →
meetsIn	California State Capitol →
numberOfMembers	40 →
oversees	California state agencies →
partOf	California State Legislature →
passes	state statutes →
presidingOfficerTitle	President pro tempore →
redistrictedBy	California Citizens Redistricting Commission →
responsibleFor	representing California residents at the state level →
roleInProcess	amending legislation → confirming certain gubernatorial appointments → introducing legislation →
state	California →
termLength	4 years →
termLimits	12 years total in the legislature →
votingSystem	first-past-the-post →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
California State Legislature →	legislativeChamberLabelUpper