Massachusetts state legislature

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bicameral legislature legislative branch of government state legislature

The Massachusetts state legislature is the bicameral lawmaking body of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives and responsible for enacting state laws and overseeing the state budget.

Aliases (7)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature → legislative branch of government → state legislature →
appliesTo	residents of Massachusetts →
branchOf	Government of Massachusetts →
budgetCycle	annual state budget →
buildingStyle	gold-domed statehouse →
canOverrideVeto	yes →
convenes	Beacon Hill, Boston →
country	United States of America →
electionType	direct election →
establishedBy	Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts →
hasAuthorityOver	state budget of Massachusetts → state laws of Massachusetts →
hasChamber	Massachusetts House of Representatives → Massachusetts Senate →
hasLeaderTitle	Senate President → Speaker of the House →
hasPower	create and regulate local governments within Massachusetts → define crimes and penalties under state law → enact statutes for Massachusetts → raise and allocate state revenues →
hasWebsite	https://malegislature.gov →
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Massachusetts →
language	English →
legalBasis	Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts →
locatedIn	Massachusetts →
lowerHouse	Massachusetts House of Representatives →
meetingCity	Boston →
meetsIn	Massachusetts State House →
numberOfChambers	2 →
officialName	Massachusetts General Court →
partOf	Government of Massachusetts →
precededBy	Massachusetts colonial legislature →
responsibility	appropriating state funds → confirming certain executive appointments → enacting state laws → levying state taxes → overseeing the state budget → proposing constitutional amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution →
sessionType	full-time legislature →
shortName	General Court →
subordinateTo	Constitution of the United States →
termLengthLowerHouse	2 years →
termLengthUpperHouse	2 years →
upperHouse	Massachusetts Senate →
vetoOverrideRequirement	two-thirds majority in each chamber →
votingSystem	first-past-the-post →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts ("Legislature of Massachusetts") →	addressedTo
Massachusetts General Court ("Massachusetts Legislature") →	alsoKnownAs
Massachusetts General Court ("Massachusetts Senate and Massachusetts House of Representatives") →	composition
Massport ("Commonwealth of Massachusetts legislature") →	foundedBy
Government of Massachusetts ("Legislative branch of Massachusetts") →	legislativeBranch
Know-Nothing movement ("Massachusetts politics") →	notableIn
Dorothea Dix ("Massachusetts legislature") →	presentedPetitionTo
Massachusetts colonial legislature →	replacedBy