Minnesota Senate

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The Minnesota Senate is the upper chamber of Minnesota's bicameral state legislature, responsible for crafting and passing state laws alongside the Minnesota House of Representatives.

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Label Occurrences
Minnesota Senate canonical 3
Minnesota State Senate 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of state legislature
legislative body
state upper house
building Minnesota State Capitol NERFINISHED
canApprove state budget
state legislation
canConfirm certain gubernatorial appointments
canOverride gubernatorial veto with sufficient majority
coLegislativeBody Minnesota House of Representatives NERFINISHED
convenesIn Senate Chamber of the Minnesota State Capitol NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
electoralSystem single-member districts
establishedIn 1858
follows Minnesota Constitution NERFINISHED
governs statewide public policy in Minnesota
hasAuthorityOver confirmation of certain executive appointments
redistricting in Minnesota
statewide legislation
hasChamberType upper house
hasLeaderTitle Majority Leader
Minority Leader
President of the Senate
hasNumberOfDistricts 67
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasSessionType regular session
special session
hasType bicameral legislature upper chamber
hasVotingSystem first-past-the-post
hasWebsite https://www.senate.mn
isElectedBy voters of Minnesota
isPartOf legislative branch of the government of Minnesota
jurisdiction Minnesota NERFINISHED
legislativeBodyFor State of Minnesota NERFINISHED
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Saint Paul, Minnesota NERFINISHED
meetsIn Minnesota State Capitol NERFINISHED
Saint Paul, Minnesota NERFINISHED
numberOfMembers 67
oversees state agencies through legislative oversight
partOf Minnesota Legislature NERFINISHED
precededBy Territorial Council of Minnesota Territory NERFINISHED
responsibleFor crafting state laws
passing state laws
sharesLegislativePowerWith Minnesota House of Representatives NERFINISHED
state Minnesota
termLength 4 years
uses single-member legislative districts

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Minnesota Legislature hasPart Minnesota Senate
Minnesota Legislature upperHouse Minnesota Senate
Minnesota Legislature composition Minnesota Senate
Minnesota Territorial Legislature replacedByBody Minnesota Senate
this entity surface form: Minnesota State Senate