Florida Senate

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The Florida Senate is the upper chamber of Florida's bicameral state legislature, responsible for crafting state laws, approving budgets, and providing advice and consent on certain executive actions.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Florida Legislature
legislative body
state legislative upper house
budgetaryPower shares state appropriations authority with the Florida House of Representatives
coChamber Florida Legislature
surface form: "Florida House of Representatives"
committeeSystem select committees
standing committees
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Florida
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
districtBasedOn single-member districts
electorate residents of Florida Senate districts
emblemType seal
establishedInYear 1845
governingDocument Senate Rules
hasChamberType upper house
hasMottoLanguage English
hasOfficerTitle Majority Leader
Minority Leader
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasPresidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate
hasSecondaryOfficerTitle President pro tempore
jurisdiction Florida
surface form: "State of Florida"
lawMakingScope within the boundaries of the State of Florida
legislativeChamberOf Florida Legislature
legislativeSessionLocation Tallahassee
levelOfGovernment state
locatedInCity Tallahassee
locatedInCounty Leon County, Florida
surface form: "Leon County"
locatedInState Florida
meetsIn Florida State Capitol
numberOfMembers 40
oversightFunction oversight of the executive branch of Florida
partOf legislative branch of the government of Florida
redistrictedEvery 10 years
responsibility approving the state budget
conducting impeachment trials for certain state officials
confirming gubernatorial appointments when required by law
enacting state laws
participating in the state constitutional amendment process
providing advice and consent on certain executive appointments
sessionType regular session
special session
state Florida
termLength 4 years
termLimits 2 consecutive terms
totalPossibleService 8 years consecutive
votingSystem first-past-the-post
website https://www.flsenate.gov

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Senate Rules adoptedBy Florida Senate
subject surface form: "Senate Rules (Florida Senate)"
Senate Rules amendedBy Florida Senate
subject surface form: "Senate Rules (Florida Senate)"
Senate Rules appliesTo Florida Senate
subject surface form: "Senate Rules (Florida Senate)"
State budget of Florida approvedBy Florida Senate
Florida Senate Bill 4-C (2022) chamber Florida Senate
Florida State Capitol hasChambersFor Florida Senate
Florida Legislature hasComponent Florida Senate
Florida State Capitol houses Florida Senate
Florida Legislature upperHouse Florida Senate
Government of Florida upperHouse Florida Senate