Illinois House of Representatives

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The Illinois House of Representatives is the state’s popularly elected legislative chamber responsible for introducing and voting on laws, working alongside the Illinois Senate within the Illinois General Assembly.

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instanceOf component of the Illinois General Assembly
legislative body
state lower house
buildingLocatedIn Sangamon County, Illinois
canOverrideVetoOf Governor of Illinois
coatOfArms Seal of the Illinois General Assembly
country United States of America
electoralDistrictType single-member districts
electorate residents of Illinois House districts
establishedBy Illinois Constitution
governingDocument Illinois Constitution
surface form: Constitution of Illinois
hasAuthorityOver statewide legislation in Illinois
hasCommitteeSystem yes
hasLegislativeAuthorityFrom Illinois Constitution
surface form: Illinois Constitution of 1970
hasLegislativeSession Illinois General Assembly
surface form: Illinois General Assembly regular session
hasPower enact state statutes
initiate impeachment proceedings against certain state officials
pass state budget bills
hasRulesOfProcedure House Rules of the Illinois House of Representatives
hasSpeaker Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives
hasUpperHouse Illinois Senate
isElectedBy popular vote
isLowerHouseOf Illinois General Assembly
isPartOfGovernmentBranch legislative branch of Illinois
isUnicameral no
jurisdiction Illinois
surface form: State of Illinois
languageOfWork English
legislativeChamberOf Illinois General Assembly
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Springfield, Illinois
mainFunction introducing state legislation
representing Illinois legislative districts
voting on state laws
meetsIn Illinois State Capitol
meetsInBuilding Illinois State Capitol
surface form: Illinois State Capitol Building
meetsInCity Springfield
minimumAgeOfMembers 21 years
numberOfMembers 118
partOf Illinois General Assembly
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker
represents people of Illinois
requiredMajorityToOverrideVeto three-fifths majority
sessionLocation Springfield, Illinois
state Illinois
termLength 2 years
typeOfLegislature part-time legislature
votingSystem first-past-the-post
website Illinois House of Representatives self-linksurface differs
surface form: https://www.ilga.gov/house/

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Elias Kane memberOf Illinois House of Representatives
Rod Blagojevich impeachedBy Illinois House of Representatives
Morton D. Hull member of Illinois House of Representatives
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Article IV The Legislature appliesTo Illinois House of Representatives
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Seal of the Illinois General Assembly hasUser Illinois House of Representatives
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