Colorado State Senate

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component of the Colorado General Assembly legislative body state upper house

The Colorado State Senate is the upper chamber of the Colorado General Assembly, responsible for crafting and passing state laws alongside the Colorado House of Representatives.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Colorado Senate	3
Colorado Senate as upper chamber	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	component of the Colorado General Assembly ⓘ legislative body ⓘ state upper house ⓘ
authority	Colorado Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Colorado Revised Statutes NERFINISHED ⓘ
buildingStyle	Neoclassical (Colorado State Capitol) ⓘ
coequalBranchWith	Colorado House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
convenes	annually ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
electionCycle	staggered terms ⓘ
employer	Colorado state senators ⓘ
establishedBy	Colorado Constitution of 1876 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	joint committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ
hasLowerHouse	Colorado House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficer	Majority Leader of the Colorado State Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ Minority Leader of the Colorado State Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the Colorado State Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ President pro tempore of the Colorado State Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
lastRedistrictedAfter	2020 United States Census NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeChamber	upper house ⓘ
locatedInCity	Denver, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsIn	Colorado State Capitol NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	National Conference of State Legislatures NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfMembers	35 ⓘ
partOf	Colorado General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
power	confirming certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ enacting state statutes ⓘ participating in state budget approval ⓘ proposing constitutional amendments (subject to voter approval) ⓘ
precededBy	Territorial Council of Colorado Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle	President of the Senate ⓘ
primaryFunction	lawmaking ⓘ
publishes	Senate Journal NERFINISHED ⓘ
redistrictingBody	Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibility	crafting state laws ⓘ passing state laws ⓘ
sessionType	regular sessions ⓘ special sessions ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith	Colorado House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Colorado ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
termLimits	2 consecutive terms ⓘ
typeOfLegislature	bicameral ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ
website	https://leg.colorado.gov/senate ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Colorado Senate districts including Mesa County → legislativeBody → Colorado State Senate ⓘ

Colorado General Assembly → hasPart → Colorado State Senate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado Senate

Colorado General Assembly → legislativeChamber → Colorado State Senate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado Senate

Colorado General Assembly → composition → Colorado State Senate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado Senate as upper chamber

Colorado State Capitol → occupant → Colorado State Senate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado Senate