Massachusetts House of Representatives

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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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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

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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
Office of the Clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives partOf 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