Massachusetts Senate

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component of the Massachusetts General Court legislative body state upper house

The Massachusetts Senate is the upper chamber of the Massachusetts state legislature, responsible for crafting and passing state laws alongside the House of Representatives.

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Label Occurrences
Massachusetts Senate canonical 26
Massachusetts State Senator 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
state upper house ⓘ
budgetaryPower shares with Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
buildingOwner Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
canOverrideVeto yes ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentPresidingOfficer Karen E. Spilka ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficerParty Democratic Party ⓘ
districtType single-member districts ⓘ
electionCycle biennial elections ⓘ
establishedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
hasChamberType upper house ⓘ
hasClerk yes ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasLegislativeSessions formal sessions ⓘ
informal sessions ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://malegislature.gov/Senators ⓘ
hasSergeantAtArms yes ⓘ
isBicameralPartnerOf Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legislativeFunction amends state laws ⓘ
enacts state laws ⓘ
repeals state laws ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state ⓘ
majorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
meetingCity Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
meetingRoom Senate chamber ⓘ
surface form: Senate Chamber
meetsIn Massachusetts State House ⓘ
minorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
numberOfMembers 40 ⓘ
openMeetingsRequirement subject to Massachusetts open meeting laws ⓘ
partOf Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
publishesRecord Senate Journal ⓘ
responsibility confirms certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
oversees state agencies through hearings ⓘ
participates in constitutional amendment process ⓘ
passes state budget ⓘ
represents legislative districts ⓘ
state Massachusetts ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
vetoOverrideThreshold two-thirds majority ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
worksAlongside Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massachusetts General Court → legislativeChamber → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Government of Massachusetts → hasPart → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Government of Massachusetts → upperHouse → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
President of the Massachusetts Senate → partOf → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
President of the Massachusetts Senate → legislativeChamber → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
President of the Massachusetts Senate → presidesOver → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
President of the Massachusetts Senate → positionInOrganization → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
President of the Massachusetts Senate → appointedBy → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Massachusetts State House → houses → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Massachusetts state legislature → hasChamber → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Massachusetts state legislature → upperHouse → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Massachusetts House of Representatives → upperHouse → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Scott Brown → positionHeld → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massachusetts State Senator
Mr. President → usedIn → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn → memberOf → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Senate Journal → legislativeBody → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Senate Journal → publisher → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Samuel Phillips Jr. → memberOf → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Josiah Quincy III → memberOf → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Charles Francis Adams Sr. → legislativeBody → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Karen E. Spilka → chamber → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Massachusetts law → hasUpperHouse → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Clerk of the Massachusetts Senate → partOf → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Clerk of the Massachusetts Senate → legislativeBodyServed → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Clerk of the Massachusetts Senate → appointedBy → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Weymouth → stateLegislativeDistrict → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Weymouth, Massachusetts
Rufus Choate → servedInLegislature → Massachusetts Senate ⓘ