Michigan Senate

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component of the Michigan Legislature legislative body state upper house

The Michigan Senate is the upper chamber of Michigan's bicameral state legislature, responsible for crafting and passing state laws alongside the Michigan House of Representatives.

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Label Occurrences
Michigan Senate canonical 18
Michigan State Senate 1
https://www.senate.michigan.gov 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Michigan Legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
state upper house ⓘ
authority Michigan statutes ⓘ
surface form: Michigan Compiled Laws

Constitution of the State of Michigan ⓘ
surface form: Michigan Constitution
budgetaryRole shares responsibility for enacting state budget ⓘ
buildingOwner Michigan ⓘ
surface form: State of Michigan
canHold special sessions when called under law ⓘ
coLegislativeBodyWith Michigan House of Representatives ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentPresidingOfficerOffice Lieutenant Governor of Michigan ⓘ
electionCycle every 4 years ⓘ
electionType partisan elections ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the State of Michigan ⓘ
surface form: Michigan Constitution of 1850
hasChamberType upper house ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasLegislativeSession regular sessions ⓘ
hasPower advise and consent on certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
approve state budget ⓘ
enact state statutes ⓘ
override gubernatorial vetoes with required majority ⓘ
propose constitutional amendments ⓘ
impeachmentRole tries impeachments brought by the Michigan House of Representatives ⓘ
isBicameralPartner Michigan House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction Michigan ⓘ
surface form: State of Michigan
language English ⓘ
legislativeProcessRole crafting state laws ⓘ
passing state laws ⓘ
majorityLeaderTitle Senate Majority Leader ⓘ
meetingCity Lansing, Michigan ⓘ
meetsIn Michigan State Capitol ⓘ
membersRepresent single-member districts ⓘ
minorityLeaderTitle Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
numberOfMembers 38 ⓘ
oversightFunction conducts hearings and investigations ⓘ
partOf Michigan Legislature ⓘ
predecessor Michigan Territorial Council ⓘ
surface form: Territorial Council of Michigan
presidingOfficerIs Lieutenant Governor of Michigan ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
redistrictingBody Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
sealUsed Seal of the Michigan Senate ⓘ
sessionLocation Senate Chamber, Michigan State Capitol ⓘ
state Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termLimits 2 terms ⓘ
termLimitsTotalYears 8 years ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website Michigan Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: https://www.senate.michigan.gov

Referenced by (20)

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government of Michigan → hasLegislativeChamber → Michigan Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Government of Michigan
William G. Milliken, Governor of Michigan → legislativeBody → Michigan Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: William G. Milliken
Michigan → hasLegislativeBody → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → legislatureUpperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → hasUpperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → upperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → hasUpperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → upperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → upperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → hasLegislativeBody → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → upperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → hasLegislativeBody → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Congressman Charles Diggs → office contested → Michigan Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Diggs
this entity surface form: Michigan State Senate
Legislative branch of Michigan → hasPart → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Legislative branch of Michigan → legislativeChamber → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan Legislature → hasPart → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan Legislature → upperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan Senate → website → Michigan Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: https://www.senate.michigan.gov
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan → presidesOver → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan House of Representatives → legislativePartner → Michigan Senate ⓘ