Mississippi House of Representatives

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lower house public body state legislative chamber

The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Mississippi Legislature, responsible for proposing and voting on state laws and representing the interests of Mississippi’s citizens.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lower house → public body → state legislative chamber →
appliesToJurisdiction	Mississippi →
authority	Mississippi Constitution →
building	Mississippi State Capitol →
canOverrideVeto	yes →
coatOfArms	Seal of the Mississippi Legislature →
convenesIn	Jackson, Mississippi NERFINISHED →
country	United States →
elects	Speaker Pro Tempore → Speaker of the House →
foundationBasedOn	Mississippi state constitution of 1890 →
governmentBranch	legislative branch of Mississippi →
hasCommittee	Appropriations Committee (Mississippi House) → Education Committee (Mississippi House) → Judiciary Committee (Mississippi House) →
hasMajorityParty	Republican Party (as of 2024) →
hasMinorityParty	Democratic Party (as of 2024) →
hasPower	impeach certain state officials →
hasRulesOfProcedure	House Rules of the Mississippi House of Representatives →
hasSession	regular legislative session →
hasSpeaker	Jason White →
hasUpperHouse	Mississippi State Senate →
houseType	lower house →
jurisdiction	Mississippi →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legislativeBodyFor	State of Mississippi →
legislatureNumbering	Mississippi legislative sessions are numbered sequentially →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Jackson, Mississippi NERFINISHED →
meetsIn	Mississippi State Capitol →
meetsInTimeZone	Central Time Zone →
membersRepresent	legislative districts in Mississippi →
numberOfMembers	122 →
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment	Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives →
partOf	Mississippi Legislature →
responsibleFor	passing state statutes → state budget legislation → tax legislation in Mississippi →
role	proposes state laws → represents citizens of Mississippi → votes on state legislation →
seatsAreAllocatedTo	single-member districts →
state	Mississippi →
termLength	4 years →
votingSystem	first-past-the-post →
website	https://www.legislature.ms.gov/house-of-representatives/ →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mississippi Legislature →	hasLowerHouse
Mississippi Legislature →	hasPart
Mississippi State Capitol →	houses
Mississippi →	lowerHouse
Mississippi State Senate →	sharesLegislativePowerWith
John Grisham →	wasMemberOf