California State Assembly

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legislative body lower house of state legislature

The California State Assembly is the lower chamber of California's bicameral state legislature, responsible for proposing and voting on state laws alongside the State Senate.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body → lower house of state legislature →
alsoKnownAs	California Assembly → State Assembly →
authorityDerivedFrom	California Constitution Article IV →
building	Assembly Chamber, California State Capitol →
buildingOwner	State of California →
canOverrideVetoWith	two-thirds majority vote →
constitution	Constitution of California →
country	United States of America →
currentPresidingOfficerTitle	Speaker of the California State Assembly →
electionCycle	even-numbered years →
electoralDistrictType	single-member districts →
elects	Speaker of the California State Assembly →
establishedIn	1849 →
governingRules	Assembly Rules →
hasChamber	California State Senate →
hasClerk	Chief Clerk of the Assembly →
hasCommitteeSystem	joint committees → select committees → standing committees →
hasNonpartisanStaff	Legislative Analyst’s Office (shared with Senate) →
houseType	lower house →
jurisdiction	State of California →
language	English →
legislativeBranchOf	Government of California →
legislativeProcess	bills must pass both Assembly and Senate →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Sacramento, California →
meetsIn	California State Capitol →
meetsInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone →
memberTitle	Assemblymember →
numberOfMembers	80 →
partOf	California State Legislature →
passesWith	simple majority vote →
presidingOfficerTitle	Speaker of the Assembly →
responsibility	impeachment of certain state officials → redistricting participation as defined by state law →
role	oversees state executive agencies → passes state budget with the California State Senate → proposes state laws → votes on state legislation →
sessionType	full-time legislature →
significantPower	initiates revenue-related legislation →
state	California →
termLength	2 years →
termLimits	12 years total in the legislature →
votingSystem	first-past-the-post →
website	https://www.assembly.ca.gov/ →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
California → California State Senate → California State Senate →	hasLowerHouse
California State Assembly ("State Assembly") → California State Assembly ("California Assembly") →	alsoKnownAs
Assembly Rules → California term limits law →	appliesTo
California State Legislature → Government of California →	lowerHouse
Chief Clerk of the Assembly →	appointedBy
Assembly Rules →	canBeAmendedBy
California State Senate →	coequalWith
California State Senate →	coLegislativeBody
California Coastal Commission →	commissionersAppointedBy
Constitution of California →	establishesBody
Chief Clerk of the Assembly →	governmentBody
California State Legislature →	hasComponent
California State Capitol ("California State Assembly chamber") →	hasPart
Assembly Rules →	isAdoptedBy
Speaker of the California State Assembly →	legislativeChamber
Legislative Analyst’s Office →	legislativeChamberSharedWith
Speaker of the California State Assembly →	partOf
Speaker of the California State Assembly →	presidesOver
United States congressional districts in California ("California State Assembly districts") →	relatedTo
Legislative Analyst’s Office →	serves