Maryland Senate

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legislative body state upper house

The Maryland Senate is the upper chamber of Maryland's state legislature, responsible for crafting and voting on state laws alongside the House of Delegates.

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Label Occurrences
Maryland Senate canonical 31
Maryland State Senate 2
Maryland Senate leadership 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
state upper house ⓘ
canOverrideVeto yes ⓘ
coLegislativeBody Maryland House of Delegates ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentPresidingOfficer Bill Ferguson ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficerStartDate 2020 ⓘ
electionCycle every 4 years ⓘ
electionType partisan elections ⓘ
employer Maryland ⓘ
surface form: State of Maryland
foundationDate 1776 ⓘ
governingRulesDocument Senate Rules of Procedure ⓘ
hasCommittee Budget and Taxation Committee ⓘ
Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee ⓘ
Executive Nominations Committee ⓘ
Finance Committee ⓘ
Judicial Proceedings Committee ⓘ
Rules Committee ⓘ
hasLowerHouse Maryland House of Delegates ⓘ
hasPower advise and consent on certain appointments ⓘ
amend legislation ⓘ
pass resolutions ⓘ
propose legislation ⓘ
jurisdiction Maryland ⓘ
surface form: State of Maryland
legislativeChamber upper house ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral ⓘ
locatedIn Annapolis ⓘ
surface form: Annapolis, Maryland
mainFunction approving state budget ⓘ
confirming certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
enacting state laws ⓘ
meetsAt Maryland State House ⓘ
membersElectedFrom single-member districts ⓘ
numberOfLegislativeDistricts 47 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 47 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Maryland General Assembly ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
redistrictingAuthority Maryland General Assembly ⓘ
regularSessionLength 90 days ⓘ
regularSessionStart second Wednesday in January ⓘ
sessionFrequency annual ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith Maryland House of Delegates ⓘ
state Maryland ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
vetoOverrideRequirement three-fifths majority of elected members ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/sen.html ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

Maryland General Assembly → hasChamber → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Maryland General Assembly → upperHouse → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Government of Maryland → upperHouse → Maryland Senate ⓘ
MGA → hasUpperHouse → Maryland Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Maryland General Assembly
President of the Senate of Maryland → partOf → Maryland Senate ⓘ
President of the Senate of Maryland → legislativeChamber → Maryland Senate ⓘ
President of the Senate of Maryland → highestRankingOfficerOf → Maryland Senate ⓘ
President of the Senate of Maryland → electedBy → Maryland Senate ⓘ
President of the Senate of Maryland → isMemberOf → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Constitution of Maryland → upperHouse → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Maryland House of Delegates → hasChamberAbove → Maryland Senate ⓘ
John Hanson → memberOf → Maryland Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland State Senate
Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals → confirmedBy → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Maryland Governor's Council → replacedBy → Maryland Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland State Senate
old Senate chamber → usedBy → Maryland Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Senate Chamber (Maryland State House)
Finance Committee → partOf → Maryland Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Finance Committee (Maryland Senate)
Judicial Proceedings Committee → legislativeBody → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee → legislativeBody → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee → reportsTo → Maryland Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland Senate leadership
Executive Nominations Committee → legislativeChamber → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Executive Nominations Committee → confirmationPowerHolder → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Rules Committee → legislativeBody → Maryland Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Rules Committee (Maryland Senate)
Rules Committee → composedOf → Maryland Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Rules Committee (Maryland Senate)
this entity surface form: Maryland state senators
Rules Committee → reportsTo → Maryland Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Rules Committee (Maryland Senate)
Rules Committee → appliesToJurisdiction → Maryland Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Rules Committee (Maryland Senate)
Senate Rules of Procedure → appliesTo → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Senate Rules of Procedure → adoptedBy → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Senate Rules of Procedure → amendedBy → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Budget and Taxation Committee → legislativeBody → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Legislative Department → oversees → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Legislative Department → hasChamber → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Bill Ferguson → legislativeBody → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Maryland State Board of Education → confirmedBy → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Catonsville → representedIn → Maryland Senate ⓘ
Daniel Carroll → memberOf → Maryland Senate ⓘ