Alaska House of Representatives

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legislative body state lower house

The Alaska House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Alaska’s state legislature, responsible for creating state laws and representing the interests of Alaskan citizens.

Aliases (2)

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body → state lower house →
appliesToJurisdiction	State of Alaska →
authority	Alaska Constitution → Alaska Statutes →
building	Alaska State Capitol →
canImpeach	yes, participates in impeachment process under Alaska Constitution →
canIntroduce	bills →
canOverrideVeto	yes, with supermajority of the Alaska State Legislature →
chamber	lower house →
coLegislativeChamber	Alaska Senate →
constitutionalBasis	Article II of the Alaska Constitution →
country	United States of America →
electorate	registered voters in Alaska House districts →
elects	Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives →
foundedBy	Constitution of the State of Alaska →
governmentBranch	legislative branch of Alaska →
hasCommitteeSystem	yes →
hasJurisdiction	State of Alaska →
hasWebsite	https://www.akleg.gov/ →
inception	1959 →
languageOfWork	English →
legislativeBodyFor	State of Alaska →
legislativeTermLength	2 years →
legislatureType	bicameral →
location	Juneau, Alaska →
meetsIn	Alaska State Capitol →
meetsInCity	Juneau →
numberOfLegislativeDistricts	40 →
numberOfMembers	40 →
parentOrganization	Alaska State Legislature →
partOf	Alaska State Legislature →
primaryFunction	enacting state laws → levying state taxes → oversight of the executive branch of Alaska → passing the state budget →
represents	residents of Alaska →
scopeOfLaws	statewide →
seatOfGovernment	Alaska State Capitol →
sessionType	regular sessions → special sessions →
state	Alaska →
subdivisionOf	Alaska State Legislature →
typeOfRepresentation	single-member districts →
votingSystem	first-past-the-post →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alaska Senate → Alaska State Legislature →	hasLowerHouse
Alaska Constitution →	establishesChamber
Alaska Senate →	hasChamber
Alaska State Legislature →	hasPart
Alaska State Capitol ("Alaska House of Representatives chamber") →	houses
state government of Alaska →	lowerHouse
Alaska Redistricting Board ("Alaska House of Representatives districts") →	responsibleFor
Alaska Senate →	worksWith