Massachusetts House of Representatives

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legislative body lower house state legislative chamber

The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the state’s bicameral legislature, responsible for creating and passing laws in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Label Occurrences
Massachusetts House of Representatives canonical 38
Massachusetts House of Representatives (colonial) 2
Massachusetts House of Representatives leadership 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house ⓘ
state legislative chamber ⓘ
buildingStyle gold-domed capitol building ⓘ
canImpeach state officials ⓘ
canInitiate appropriations bills ⓘ
canOverrideVeto yes ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentPresidingOfficer Ronald Mariano ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficerParty Democratic Party ⓘ
electionCycle biennial elections ⓘ
elects Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form: Speaker of the House
establishedBy Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Constitution of 1780
establishedIn 1780 ⓘ
governsArea approximately 7 million residents (state population) ⓘ
hasChamberType lower chamber ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Members/House ⓘ
jurisdiction Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
leaderTitle Majority Leader ⓘ
Minority Leader ⓘ
legislativeFunction budget approval ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of executive branch ⓘ
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
meetsIn Massachusetts State House ⓘ
meetsInChamber Massachusetts State House ⓘ
surface form: House Chamber of the Massachusetts State House
membersRepresent single-member districts ⓘ
numberOfMembers 160 ⓘ
partOf Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House ⓘ
publishesRecord House Journal ⓘ
redistrictingAuthority Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
salaryPayer Government of Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
sessionType full-time legislature ⓘ
state Massachusetts ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
upperHouse Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
vetoOverrideThreshold two-thirds majority ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

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

Massachusetts colonial legislature → legislativeBranch → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massachusetts House of Representatives (colonial)
Massachusetts colonial legislature → lowerHouse → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massachusetts House of Representatives (colonial)
Massachusetts General Court → legislativeChamber → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Government of Massachusetts → hasPart → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Government of Massachusetts → lowerHouse → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → legislativeChamber → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → presidesOver → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → heads → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts State House → houses → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts Senate → worksAlongside → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts Senate → isBicameralPartnerOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts state legislature → hasChamber → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts state legislature → lowerHouse → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Samuel Adams → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
James Otis Jr. → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Joseph W. Martin Jr. → legislativeBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Majority Leader → partOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
subject surface form: Majority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Majority Leader → legislativeBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
subject surface form: Majority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
House Journal → legislativeBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
House Journal → publisher → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Ronald Mariano → legislative body → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Robert Treat Paine → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Samuel Osgood → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts State Representative → partOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts State Representative → supervisingBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massachusetts House of Representatives leadership
Josiah Quincy III → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Charles Francis Adams Sr. → legislativeBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Stamp Act Congress → convenedBy → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts law → hasLowerHouse → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Weymouth → stateLegislativeDistrict → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
subject surface form: Weymouth, Massachusetts
Timothy Fuller → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
George Washington Adams → parliamentaryBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Minority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → legislativeBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Minority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → appliesToJurisdiction → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Office of the Clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → partOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Office of the Clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → appointedBy → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Majority Floor Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → legislativeBody → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Majority Floor Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → requiresMembershipIn → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Rufus Choate → servedInLegislature → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Alvin Fuller → wasMemberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
James Warren → memberOf → Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ