Nevada Legislature

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bicameral legislature state legislature

The Nevada Legislature is the bicameral state lawmaking body of Nevada, consisting of the Assembly and the Senate.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
Legislature of the State of Nevada 0 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature →
state legislature →
alsoKnownAs Nevada Legislature →
surface form: Legislature of the State of Nevada
appliesLegalSystem common law →
authority Constitution of the State of Nevada →
branchOf Government of Nevada →
canCallSpecialSessions Governor of Nevada →
compositionDeterminedBy population-based districts →
country United States of America →
surface form: United States
enacts Nevada Revised Statutes →
function budget approval →
lawmaking →
oversight of the executive branch →
governs Nevada →
surface form: State of Nevada
hasPart Nevada Assembly →
Nevada Senate →
hasVotingSystem single-member districts →
hasWebsite https://www.leg.state.nv.us/ →
house1 Nevada Assembly →
house2 Nevada Senate →
inception 1864 →
jurisdiction Nevada →
languageOfWorkOrName English →
legislativeBodyFor Nevada →
surface form: State of Nevada
legislativeTermLengthLowerHouse 2 years →
legislativeTermLengthUpperHouse 4 years →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Carson City →
surface form: Carson City, Nevada
lowerHouse Nevada Assembly →
meetingPlace Nevada State Capitol →
surface form: Legislative Building (Carson City)

Nevada State Capitol →
meetsIn Carson City →
surface form: Carson City, Nevada
numberOfHouses 2 →
numberOfMembersLowerHouse 42 →
numberOfMembersUpperHouse 21 →
redistrictingBody Nevada Legislature self-link →
regularSessionLength 120 days →
sessionType biennial →
shortName Nevada Legislature self-link →
state Nevada →
upperHouse Nevada Senate →
votingSystemLowerHouse first-past-the-post →
votingSystemUpperHouse first-past-the-post →

Referenced by (11)

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Nevada Legislature → alsoKnownAs → Nevada Legislature →
this entity surface form: Legislature of the State of Nevada
Mineral County, Nevada → foundedBy → Nevada Legislature →
University of Nevada, Las Vegas → foundedBy → Nevada Legislature →
Carson City → hasLegislativeBody → Nevada Legislature →
Nevada → legislativeBody → Nevada Legislature →
Nevada Assembly → partOf → Nevada Legislature →
Nevada Senate → partOf → Nevada Legislature →
Nevada Senate → redistrictedBy → Nevada Legislature →
Nevada Legislature → redistrictingBody → Nevada Legislature self-link →
Nevada Legislature → shortName → Nevada Legislature self-link →