Pennsylvania General Assembly

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bicameral state legislature public body state legislature

The Pennsylvania General Assembly is the bicameral state legislature of Pennsylvania, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, responsible for creating state laws and overseeing the state government.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1
Pennsylvania Senate 1
Pennsylvania legislature 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral state legislature ⓘ
public body ⓘ
state legislature ⓘ
appliesLegalSystem common law ⓘ
canImpeach state officials in Pennsylvania ⓘ
canOverrideVetoOf Governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electoralSystemForHouse single-member districts ⓘ
electoralSystemForSenate single-member districts ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver education policy in Pennsylvania ⓘ
organization of local governments ⓘ
public health policy in Pennsylvania ⓘ
state budget allocations ⓘ
state civil law ⓘ
state criminal law ⓘ
state taxation policy ⓘ
statewide public policy ⓘ
transportation policy in Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasPart Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ
Pennsylvania State Senate ⓘ
houseCount 2 ⓘ
jurisdiction Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Pennsylvania ⓘ
legislativeProcessIncludes committee consideration ⓘ
floor debate ⓘ
introduction of bills ⓘ
presentation of bills to the Governor ⓘ
voting in both chambers ⓘ
locatedIn Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
lowerHouse Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ
meetsIn Pennsylvania State Capitol ⓘ
membersAre state legislators ⓘ
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
oversees executive agencies of Pennsylvania ⓘ
implementation of state laws ⓘ
partOf Commonwealth of Pennsylvania government ⓘ
surface form: government of Pennsylvania
responsibility confirming certain executive appointments ⓘ
enacting state laws ⓘ
levying state taxes ⓘ
overseeing state government ⓘ
passing state budget ⓘ
proposing constitutional amendments ⓘ
structure bicameral ⓘ
upperHouse Pennsylvania State Senate ⓘ
vetoOverrideRequirement two-thirds majority in each chamber ⓘ
website https://www.legis.state.pa.us/ ⓘ

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Allegheny, Pennsylvania → annexationApprovedBy → Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania legislature
Superior Court of Pennsylvania → establishedBy → Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
Pennsylvania Constitution → establishes → Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
Pennsylvania Constitution → establishes → Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Pennsylvania Constitution → establishes → Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Senate
first geological survey of Pennsylvania → foundedBy → Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
subject surface form: First Geological Survey of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania → isSeatOf → Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
first geological survey of Pennsylvania → legislatedBy → Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
subject surface form: First Geological Survey of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania → legislativeBody → Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
Nicholas Biddle → memberOf → Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania state legislature