Alaska State Legislature

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bicameral legislature state legislature

The Alaska State Legislature is the bicameral lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Alaska, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives that enact state laws and oversee the state government.

Aliases (6)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature → state legislature →
appliesToJurisdiction	Alaska →
building	Alaska State Capitol →
canBeConveneBy	Governor of Alaska →
canHold	special sessions →
composition	Alaska House of Representatives has 40 members → Alaska Senate has 20 members →
country	United States →
electoralDistrictType	single-member districts →
establishedInYear	1959 →
foundedFollowing	Alaska statehood →
function	confirm certain gubernatorial appointments → enact state laws → levy state taxes → oversight of state executive branch → pass state budget → propose constitutional amendments →
governedBy	Alaska Constitution →
hasAuthority	override governor veto →
hasPart	Alaska House of Representatives → Alaska Senate →
hasPower	impeach certain state officials →
hasTermLengthLowerHouse	2 years →
hasTermLengthUpperHouse	4 years →
houseType	lower house → upper house →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legislativeBodyFor	State of Alaska →
legislativeChamberLabel	House of Representatives → Senate →
legislativeProcess	bill introduction → committee consideration → conference committee → floor vote → governor signature or veto →
location	Juneau, Alaska →
meetsIn	Alaska State Capitol →
meetsInRegularSession	annually →
numberOfHouses	2 →
oversees	State agencies of Alaska →
precededBy	Alaska Territorial Legislature →
sessionType	biennial legislature with annual sessions →
shortName	Alaska Legislature →
totalNumberOfLegislators	60 →
uses	committee system →
votingSystem	first-past-the-post →
website	https://akleg.gov/ →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alaska House of Representatives → Alaska Senate → Alaska Senate →	partOf
state government of Alaska ("legislative branch of Alaska") →	branch
Judicial Branch of Alaska ("Legislative branch of Alaska") →	coequalWith
Alaska State Legislature ("Alaska House of Representatives has 40 members") →	composition
Alaska Constitution →	establishesBody
Alaska Territorial Legislature →	followedBy
Alaska Senate ("Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature") →	governingDocument
Juneau ("Alaska Legislature") →	hosts
Alaska State Capitol →	houses
state government of Alaska →	legislativeBody
Alaska →	legislature
Alaska ("Alaska House of Representatives") →	lowerHouse
Alaska House of Representatives →	parentOrganization
Alaska Territorial Legislature →	replacedBy
Alaska State Legislature ("Alaska Legislature") →	shortName
Alaska House of Representatives →	subdivisionOf
Governor of Alaska ("Alaska Legislature") →	worksWith