Connecticut General Assembly

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bicameral state legislature public body state legislature

The Connecticut General Assembly is the bicameral state legislature of Connecticut, responsible for creating state laws and overseeing the functioning of the state government.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
General Assembly of Connecticut	2
Connecticut legislature	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral state legislature ⓘ public body ⓘ state legislature ⓘ
canHold	special sessions ⓘ
capitalCity	Hartford NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Connecticut state constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the State of Connecticut
convenes	annually ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
electionSystem	single-member districts ⓘ
established	1818 ⓘ
governingDocument	Joint Rules of the Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	yes ⓘ
hasComponent	Connecticut House of Representatives ⓘ Connecticut State Senate ⓘ
housePresidingOfficerTitle	Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ surface form: Speaker of the House
jurisdiction	Connecticut ⓘ surface form: State of Connecticut
language	English ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf	Connecticut ⓘ
location	Hartford, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
lowerHouse	Connecticut House of Representatives ⓘ
mainFunction	lawmaking for the State of Connecticut ⓘ
meetsIn	Hartford, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfChambers	2 ⓘ
numberOfRepresentatives	151 ⓘ
numberOfSenators	36 ⓘ
oversees	functioning of the state government of Connecticut ⓘ
passes	public acts ⓘ special acts ⓘ
power	appropriate state funds ⓘ levy state taxes ⓘ override gubernatorial vetoes ⓘ
predecessor	Connecticut colonial and early state legislature ⓘ
responsibility	confirming certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ enacting state laws ⓘ overseeing the executive branch of Connecticut ⓘ oversight of state agencies ⓘ passing the state budget ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Connecticut State Capitol ⓘ
senatePresidingOfficerTitle	President of the Senate ⓘ
sessionType	regular sessions ⓘ
state	Connecticut ⓘ
termLengthOfRepresentatives	2 years ⓘ
termLengthOfSenators	2 years ⓘ
upperHouse	Connecticut State Senate ⓘ
vetoOverrideRequirement	three-fifths majority in each chamber ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ
website	https://www.cga.ct.gov ⓘ

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Windham, Connecticut Colony → charteredBy → Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ

Connecticut General Court → followedBy → Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ

Connecticut General Court → hasPart → Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Assembly of Connecticut

Connecticut State Capitol → houses → Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ

Connecticut Charter of 1662 → jurisdiction → Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Assembly of Connecticut

Connecticut → legislature → Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ

Connecticut State Capitol → legislatureName → Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ

Moses Cleaveland → memberOf → Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ

Connecticut House of Representatives → partOf → Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ

Connecticut State Senate → partOf → Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ

Connecticut State Senate → redistrictingAuthority → Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ

Moses Cleaveland → representedIn → Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Connecticut legislature