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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Florida Senate canonical | 31 |
| Florida Senate administrative offices | 1 |
Statements (48)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Senate Rules (Florida Senate)
subject surface form:
Senate Rules (Florida Senate)
subject surface form:
Senate Rules (Florida Senate)
this entity surface form:
Florida Senate administrative offices