Pennsylvania House of Representatives

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component of bicameral legislature legislative body state lower house

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Pennsylvania’s state legislature, responsible for proposing and voting on state laws and representing citizens from legislative districts across the Commonwealth.

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Label Occurrences
Pennsylvania House of Representatives canonical 10
Pennsylvania State House of Representatives 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of bicameral legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
state lower house ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
authority Article II of the Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ
budgetaryPower state budget approval ⓘ
canInitiate appropriations bills ⓘ
legislation ⓘ
chamberColor green ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Pennsylvania
country United States of America ⓘ
electionInterval every 2 years ⓘ
electionMethod popular vote ⓘ
electoralDistrictType single-member districts ⓘ
establishedIn 1790 ⓘ
governs statewide public policy in Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem joint committees ⓘ
select committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle Speaker of the House ⓘ
hasOfficerTitle Majority Leader ⓘ
Minority Leader ⓘ
hasPower impeachment of certain state officials ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Pennsylvania State Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
languageUsed English ⓘ
legislativeType lower house ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral ⓘ
locatedIn Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
meetsFrequency annual sessions ⓘ
meetsIn Pennsylvania State Capitol ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex
memberEligibilityRequirement Pennsylvania residency ⓘ
U.S. citizenship ⓘ
minimum age 21 years ⓘ
numberOfMembers 203 ⓘ
oversightFunction executive branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
partOf Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
represents legislative districts of Pennsylvania ⓘ
responsibility proposing state laws ⓘ
representing citizens of Pennsylvania ⓘ
voting on state laws ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Pennsylvania State Capitol ⓘ
shortName PA House ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://www.legis.state.pa.us ⓘ

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Pennsylvania General Assembly → hasPart → Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ
Pennsylvania General Assembly → lowerHouse → Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania government → lowerHouse → Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ
Ed Gainey → officeContested → Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ
Pennsylvania House of Representatives districts including parts of Lawrence County → apportionedTo → Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ
Pennsylvania House of Representatives districts including parts of Lawrence County → chamber → Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ
Chauncey Forward → legislativeBody → Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ
Pennsylvania State Capitol → isSeatOf → Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ
Article III of the Pennsylvania Constitution → appliesTo → Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ
Pennsylvania House of Representatives → alsoKnownAs → Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
Pennsylvania State Senate → sharesLegislativePowerWith → Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ