North Carolina House of Representatives

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The North Carolina House of Representatives is the lower chamber of North Carolina’s state legislature, responsible for creating state laws alongside the North Carolina Senate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
state lower house
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction North Carolina
surface form: State of North Carolina
authority North Carolina state constitution
surface form: Constitution of North Carolina
buildingLocatedIn Raleigh
surface form: Downtown Raleigh
capital Raleigh
coLegislativeBody North Carolina Senate
composition elected representatives
country United States of America
electoralDistrictType single-member districts
foundationDate 1776
function confirms certain gubernatorial appointments
enacts state statutes
levies state taxes
passes state budget
governingBodyOf North Carolina
governs statewide public policy in North Carolina
hasLegislativeProcess bill introduction
committee consideration
floor debate
floor vote
hasPosition Majority leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Minority leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons
surface form: Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives

Speaker pro tempore of the North Carolina House of Representatives
hasRules House Rules of the North Carolina House of Representatives
hasUpperHouse North Carolina Senate
isInSession biennial sessions
jurisdiction North Carolina
surface form: State of North Carolina
languageUsed English
legislativeChamber lower house
levelOfGovernment state
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Raleigh
surface form: Raleigh, North Carolina
meetsIn North Carolina State Legislative Building
minimumAgeOfMembers 21 years
numberOfMembers 120
partOf North Carolina General Assembly
precededBy North Carolina House of Representatives self-linksurface differs
surface form: North Carolina House of Commons
primaryRole lawmaking
requiresConcurrenceWith North Carolina Senate
seatOfGovernment Raleigh
surface form: Raleigh, North Carolina
sessionLocation North Carolina State Legislative Building
state North Carolina
termLength 2 years
typeOfLegislature part-time legislature
votingSystem first-past-the-post
website North Carolina House of Representatives self-linksurface differs
surface form: https://www.ncleg.gov/House

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North Carolina General Assembly hasComponent North Carolina House of Representatives
NCGA hasComponent North Carolina House of Representatives
subject surface form: North Carolina General Assembly
Government of North Carolina hasLegislativeChamber North Carolina House of Representatives
North Carolina General Assembly hasLowerHouse North Carolina House of Representatives
North Carolina Senate hasLowerHouse North Carolina House of Representatives
North Carolina State Legislative Building hasPart North Carolina House of Representatives
this entity surface form: North Carolina House of Representatives chamber
NCGA legislativeChamber North Carolina House of Representatives
subject surface form: North Carolina General Assembly
North Carolina lowerHouse North Carolina House of Representatives
NCGA lowerHouse North Carolina House of Representatives
subject surface form: North Carolina General Assembly
Richard Caswell memberOf North Carolina House of Representatives
this entity surface form: North Carolina House of Commons
North Carolina House of Representatives precededBy North Carolina House of Representatives self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: North Carolina House of Commons
North Carolina House of Representatives website North Carolina House of Representatives self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: https://www.ncleg.gov/House