Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives

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legislative leadership position presiding officer role state government office

The Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives is the presiding officer and leading legislative figure of the state's lower legislative chamber, responsible for guiding lawmaking, managing House proceedings, and overseeing committee assignments.

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Label	Occurrences
Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives canonical	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative leadership position ⓘ presiding officer role ⓘ state government office ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy	vote of the Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
category	Speakers of state lower houses in the United States ⓘ
chamber	lower house ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
decisionMakingRole	key negotiator in state budget and major legislation ⓘ
electedBy	members of the Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
electionTiming	elected at the beginning of a legislative term ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement	must be a member of the Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
governsBody	Florida House majority party caucus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialTitle	Speaker of the House NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPower	authority to interpret House rules ⓘ authority to maintain order in the chamber ⓘ control over flow of legislation in the House ⓘ
hasPrecedenceOver	other members of the Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
historicalContinuitySince	19th century ⓘ
influences	state public policy in Florida ⓘ
jurisdiction	Florida ⓘ surface form: State of Florida
languageOfOffice	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Florida Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ rules of the Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn	Tallahassee, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsAt	Florida Capitol NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeType	partisan political office ⓘ
partOf	Florida House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ Florida Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidesOver	Florida House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportsTo	Florida House of Representatives as a body ⓘ
residenceRequirement	must meet Florida legislative residency requirements ⓘ
responsibleFor	appointing committee chairs ⓘ appointing members to House committees ⓘ enforcing House rules ⓘ guiding lawmaking in the Florida House of Representatives ⓘ managing House floor proceedings ⓘ overseeing committee assignments ⓘ recognizing members to speak on the floor ⓘ referring bills to committees ⓘ setting the House legislative agenda ⓘ
styleOfAddress	Madam Speaker NERFINISHED ⓘ Mister Speaker NERFINISHED ⓘ
supervises	House committee system ⓘ
symbolicRole	ceremonial head of the Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
termLength	typically two years ⓘ
worksWith	Governor of Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the Florida Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

President of the Florida Senate → worksWith → Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives ⓘ

House Rules (Florida House of Representatives) → implementedBy → Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives ⓘ

LeRoy Collins → positionHeld → Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives ⓘ