Illinois House of Representatives

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component of the Illinois General Assembly legislative body state lower house

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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Surface form Occurrences
https://www.ilga.gov/house/ 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
state lower house ⓘ
buildingLocatedIn Sangamon County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Illinois Senate → coLegislativeBodyWith → Illinois House of Representatives ⓘ
Illinois General Assembly → hasComponent → Illinois House of Representatives ⓘ
Illinois State Capitol → houses → Illinois House of Representatives ⓘ
Illinois → lowerHouse → Illinois House of Representatives ⓘ
Illinois General Assembly → lowerHouse → Illinois House of Representatives ⓘ
Dennis Hastert → wasMemberOf → Illinois House of Representatives ⓘ
Illinois House of Representatives → website → Illinois House of Representatives self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: https://www.ilga.gov/house/