Illinois General Assembly

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The Illinois General Assembly is the bicameral state legislature of Illinois, responsible for enacting state laws and overseeing the governance framework of the state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral state legislature ⓘ
state legislature of the United States ⓘ
budgetAuthority appropriation of state funds ⓘ
canCallSpecialSessions Governor of Illinois ⓘ
canOverrideVeto yes ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article IV of the Illinois Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electoralSystemHouse single-member districts ⓘ
electoralSystemSenate single-member districts ⓘ
elects President of the Senate ⓘ
surface form: Senate President

Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives ⓘ
establishedBy Illinois Constitution ⓘ
function advice and consent on certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
overseeing state agencies ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch of Illinois ⓘ
passing the state budget ⓘ
proposing constitutional amendments ⓘ
governs statewide public policy in Illinois ⓘ
hasComponent Illinois House of Representatives ⓘ
Illinois Senate ⓘ
hasLegislativeSessions numbered General Assemblies (biennial) ⓘ
houseImpeachmentRole initiates impeachments ⓘ
houseTermLength 2 years ⓘ
impeachmentPower can impeach certain state officials ⓘ
isBicameral true ⓘ
jurisdiction Illinois ⓘ
surface form: State of Illinois
locatedIn Springfield, Illinois ⓘ
lowerHouse Illinois House of Representatives ⓘ
meetsIn Illinois State Capitol ⓘ
meetsInChamber House chamber in Illinois State Capitol ⓘ
Senate chamber in Illinois State Capitol ⓘ
numberOfHouseMembers 118 ⓘ
numberOfSenateMembers 59 ⓘ
partySystem multi-party with Democratic and Republican parties dominant ⓘ
primaryFunction enacting state laws ⓘ
publishes Illinois Compiled Statutes ⓘ
redistrictingResponsibility yes ⓘ
senateImpeachmentRole tries impeachments ⓘ
senateTermLength 4 years ⓘ
sessionType annual regular sessions ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
upperHouse Illinois Senate ⓘ
vetoOverrideRequirement three-fifths majority in each chamber ⓘ

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Circuit Court of Cook County → establishedBy → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois → legislature → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Governor of Illinois → worksWith → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois Constitution → establishesBranch → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
subject surface form: Illinois Constitution of 1970
this entity surface form: Legislative Branch of Illinois
Illinois Constitution → createsBody → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
subject surface form: Illinois Constitution of 1970
Illinois Compiled Statutes → governingBody → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois Compiled Statutes → legislativeBody → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois Compiled Statutes → publisher → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois Appellate Court, First District → createdBy → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois State Capitol → houses → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois executive branch → coequalWith → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois legislative branch
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois → worksWithOffice → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois Senate → legislativeChamberOf → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois House of Representatives → legislativeChamberOf → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois House of Representatives → isLowerHouseOf → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois House of Representatives → partOf → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois House of Representatives → hasLegislativeSession → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois General Assembly regular session
Springfield metropolitan area → stateGovernmentPresence → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
22nd Judicial Circuit of Illinois → establishedBy → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois Central Railroad → charteredBy → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois Tollway → establishedBy → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois Department of Transportation → regulatedBy → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois Court of Claims → createdBy → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Government of Illinois → hasBranch → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative branch of Illinois
Government of Illinois → legislativeBody → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Government of Illinois → legislatureName → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois criminal law → governedBy → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Article II Powers of the State → isBindingOn → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Article III Suffrage and Elections → bindingOn → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Article IX Revenue → bindingOn → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Article XII Militia → grantsPowerTo → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Article XIV Constitutional Revision → appliesTo → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
ILCS → maintainedBy → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
subject surface form: Illinois Compiled Statutes
Illinois Environmental Protection Act → enactedBy → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois Freedom of Information Act → governingBody → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois Municipal Code → enactedBy → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois Legislative Reference Bureau → isPartOf → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois Legislative Reference Bureau → legislatureServed → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives → partOf → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Article IV of the Illinois Constitution → governs → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Third Judicial District → governingBody → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
subject surface form: Third Judicial District (Illinois)
Illinois state law → enactedBy → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois Code of Civil Procedure → enactedBy → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois Board of Higher Education → foundedBy → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Illinois State Board of Education → collaboratesWith → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
President of the Illinois Senate → partOf → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
President of the Illinois Senate → governmentalBody → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
Seal of the Illinois General Assembly → represents → Illinois General Assembly ⓘ