Mississippi Legislature

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bicameral legislature state legislature

The Mississippi Legislature is the bicameral lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi, composed of the Senate and House of Representatives.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mississippi Legislature canonical	22
Legislative branch of Mississippi	1
Mississippi legislative elections	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ state legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Mississippi ⓘ
authority	Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
branchOf	Government of Mississippi ⓘ
budgetaryPower	appropriations for state agencies ⓘ
canImpeach	certain state officials ⓘ
canOverrideVetoOf	Governor of Mississippi ⓘ
composition	elected representatives ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
electoralDistrictType	single-member districts ⓘ
establishedBy	Mississippi Constitution ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Constitution of 1890
function	approve state budget ⓘ enact state laws ⓘ levy state taxes ⓘ oversight of executive branch ⓘ propose constitutional amendments ⓘ
governingBodyOf	Mississippi ⓘ
hasLowerHouse	Mississippi House of Representatives ⓘ
hasPart	Mississippi House of Representatives ⓘ Mississippi State Senate ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Senate
hasUpperHouse	Mississippi State Senate ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Senate
houseType	upper house and lower house ⓘ
jurisdiction	state law in Mississippi ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	State of Mississippi ⓘ
legislativeChamberLabel	House of Representatives ⓘ Senate ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	state ⓘ
location	Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
meetsIn	Mississippi State Capitol ⓘ
meetsInBuilding	Mississippi State Capitol ⓘ surface form: Mississippi State Capitol building
numberOfHouses	2 ⓘ
oversightMechanism	legislative committees ⓘ
precededBy	Territorial legislature of Mississippi Territory ⓘ
responsibleFor	redistricting within Mississippi ⓘ
sessionType	regular sessions ⓘ special sessions ⓘ
termLimits	no term limits for members ⓘ
typeOfLegislature	part-time legislature ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ
website	https://www.legislature.ms.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Mississippi → legislature → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Mississippi Gestational Age Act → legislativeBody → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Mississippi State Capitol → houses → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Mississippi State Senate → partOf → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Mississippi State Senate → legislativeChamberOf → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Mississippi State Senate → redistrictingBody → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Mississippi House of Representatives → partOf → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

State of Mississippi → legislature → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Hinds County, Mississippi → stateLegislature → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Mississippi Constitution → establishes → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Government of Mississippi → hasBranch → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative branch of Mississippi

Government of Mississippi → legislativeBody → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Government of Mississippi → hasElection → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi legislative elections

Greenwood LeFlore → memberOf → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

MS Senate → partOf → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Industrial Institute and College → foundedBy → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Jason White → partOf → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

subject surface form: Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives

Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives → partOf → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Education Committee (Mississippi House) → partOf → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Judiciary Committee (Mississippi House) → parentOrganization → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Seal of the Mississippi Legislature → usedBy → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Seal of the Mississippi Legislature → governmentBody → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Mississippi Court of Appeals → createdBy → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ

Mississippi State Auditor → reportsTo → Mississippi Legislature ⓘ