California State Senate

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component of the California State Legislature state legislative chamber upper house

The California State Senate is the upper chamber of California's bicameral legislature, responsible for crafting state laws, confirming certain gubernatorial appointments, and representing larger legislative districts than the State Assembly.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
California State Senate canonical 66
California State Senate districts 2
California State Senate chamber 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the California State Legislature ⓘ
state legislative chamber ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
apportionedBy population ⓘ
authorityOver statewide legislation in California ⓘ
building California State Capitol ⓘ
coatOfArms Great Seal of the State of California ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electoralDistrictType State Senate district ⓘ
foundationPlace California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
governs statewide public policy in California ⓘ
hasCommittee California State Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee ⓘ
California State Senate Judiciary Committee ⓘ
California State Senate Rules Committee ⓘ
hasLeader Minority Leader of the California State Senate ⓘ
President pro tempore of the California State Senate ⓘ
hasLowerHouse California State Assembly ⓘ
hasMotto California State Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: “Senate of the State of California” (institutional designation)
hasPower to confirm certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
to participate in the state budget process ⓘ
to propose and vote on state legislation ⓘ
inception 1849 ⓘ
jurisdiction California, United States ⓘ
surface form: State of California
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativePeriodicity meets in regular session annually ⓘ
legislativeType bicameral legislature upper chamber ⓘ
legislatureType professional legislature ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Sacramento ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento, California
meetsIn California State Capitol ⓘ
meetsInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
minimumAgeOfLegislator 18 years ⓘ
numberOfDistricts 40 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 40 ⓘ
partOf California State Legislature ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President pro tempore of the California State Senate ⓘ
responsibility confirming certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
crafting state laws ⓘ
representing larger legislative districts than the California State Assembly ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Sacramento ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento, California
selectionMethod direct election by voters ⓘ
sessionRoom California State Capitol ⓘ
surface form: Senate Chamber, California State Capitol
state California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
termLength 4 years ⓘ
uses California Constitution as legal framework ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://www.senate.ca.gov ⓘ

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California, United States → hasUpperHouse → California State Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: California
California State Legislature → hasComponent → California State Senate ⓘ
California State Legislature → upperHouse → California State Senate ⓘ
California State Senate → hasMotto → California State Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Senate of the State of California” (institutional designation)
California State Assembly → hasChamber → California State Senate ⓘ
California State Capitol → hasPart → California State Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: California State Senate chamber
California term limits law → appliesTo → California State Senate ⓘ
Constitution of California → establishesBody → California State Senate ⓘ
Legislative Analyst’s Office (shared with Senate) → serves → California State Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Legislative Analyst’s Office
Legislative Analyst’s Office (shared with Senate) → legislativeChamberSharedWith → California State Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Legislative Analyst’s Office
President pro tempore of the California State Senate → partOf → California State Senate ⓘ
President pro tempore of the California State Senate → legislativeChamber → California State Senate ⓘ
President pro tempore of the California State Senate → reportsTo → California State Senate ⓘ
California State Senate Rules Committee → partOf → California State Senate ⓘ
California State Senate Rules Committee → legislativeChamber → California State Senate ⓘ
California State Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee → partOf → California State Senate ⓘ
California State Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee → legislativeChamber → California State Senate ⓘ
Government of California → upperHouse → California State Senate ⓘ
Minority Leader of the California State Senate → governmental roleIn → California State Senate ⓘ
Minority Leader of the California State Senate → chamber → California State Senate ⓘ
University of California Board of Regents → confirmationBy → California State Senate ⓘ
California State Senate Judiciary Committee → partOf → California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Rules and administrative policies → appliesTo → California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Rules and administrative policies → isAdoptedBy → California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Rules and administrative policies → canBeAmendedBy → California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy and Transportation → partOf → California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy and Transportation → legislativeChamber → California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation → partOf → California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation → legislativeChamber → California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation → websiteHost → California State Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: California State Senate official website
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services → legislativeBody → California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services → chamber → California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government → legislativeChamber → California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education → partOf → California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education → legislativeChamber → California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education → legislativeBody → California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Budget Process, Oversight and Program Evaluation → parentOrganization → California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Budget Process, Oversight and Program Evaluation → legislativeChamber → California State Senate ⓘ
California Coastal Commission → commissionersAppointedBy → California State Senate ⓘ
Secretary of the Senate (California) → partOf → California State Senate ⓘ
Secretary of the Senate (California) → appointedBy → California State Senate ⓘ
Secretary of the Senate (California) → subordinateTo → California State Senate ⓘ
Majority Leader of the California State Senate → partOf → California State Senate ⓘ
United States congressional districts in California → relatedTo → California State Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: California State Senate districts
California State Senate District 2 → legislativeBody → California State Senate ⓘ
California Citizens Redistricting Commission → appliesToJurisdiction → California State Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: California State Senate districts
President pro tempore → partOf → California State Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: President pro tempore of the California State Senate
President pro tempore → positionHeldIn → California State Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: President pro tempore of the California State Senate
Rules of the California State Senate → appliesTo → California State Senate ⓘ
Rules of the California State Senate → adoptedBy → California State Senate ⓘ