Missouri Senate

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The Missouri Senate is the upper chamber of the Missouri General Assembly, responsible for crafting and passing state legislation alongside the Missouri House of Representatives.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Missouri Senate canonical 22
Missouri State Senate 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Missouri General Assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
state upper house ⓘ
apportionmentBasis population ⓘ
authority Missouri Constitution ⓘ
building Missouri State Capitol ⓘ
chamberType unicameral body component of bicameral legislature ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electionCycle staggered terms ⓘ
electionFrequency every 2 years for roughly half the seats ⓘ
employer Missouri state government ⓘ
establishedBy Missouri Constitution of 1820 ⓘ
governingDocument Rules of the Missouri Senate ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasLowerHouse Missouri House of Representatives ⓘ
hasOfficer President Pro Tempore of the Missouri Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Missouri ⓘ
linked to: Missouri
language English ⓘ
legislativeChamber upper house ⓘ
location Jefferson City, Missouri ⓘ
meetingPlace Missouri State Capitol ⓘ
membersElectedFrom single-member districts ⓘ
numberOfDistricts 34 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 34 ⓘ
partOf Missouri General Assembly ⓘ
power can initiate constitutional amendments (with House) ⓘ
can override gubernatorial veto with two-thirds vote (with House) ⓘ
can propose and pass state laws ⓘ
presidingOfficerExOfficio Lieutenant Governor of Missouri ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
redistrictingBody Missouri General Assembly and commissions as provided by law ⓘ
responsibility confirming certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
crafting state legislation ⓘ
participating in state budget process ⓘ
passing state legislation ⓘ
redistricting participation ⓘ
roleInImpeachment acts as court of impeachment for certain officials (with Missouri Supreme Court involvement as specified) ⓘ
sealUsed Great Seal of the State of Missouri ⓘ
sessionType regular sessions ⓘ
special sessions (when called) ⓘ
state Missouri ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termLimit 2 terms ⓘ
totalYearsLimit 8 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature part-time legislature ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://www.senate.mo.gov/ ⓘ

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

Missouri → hasUpperHouse → Missouri Senate ⓘ
David Barton → legislativeBody → Missouri State Senate ⓘ
linked to: Missouri Senate
Missouri General Assembly → hasPart → Missouri Senate ⓘ
Missouri General Assembly → upperHouse → Missouri Senate ⓘ
Missouri General Assembly → hasComponent → Missouri Senate ⓘ
subject linked to: Missouri state government
Missouri → upperHouse → Missouri Senate ⓘ
subject linked to: United States state of Missouri
Rules of the Missouri Senate → appliesTo → Missouri Senate ⓘ
Rules of the Missouri Senate → adoptedBy → Missouri Senate ⓘ
Rules of the Missouri Senate → publishedBy → Missouri Senate ⓘ
Missouri Senate chamber → usedBy → Missouri Senate ⓘ
Charles W. Shields → memberOf → Missouri Senate ⓘ
Charles W. Shields → legislativeChamber → Missouri Senate ⓘ
Claiborne Fox Jackson → servedIn → Missouri State Senate ⓘ
linked to: Missouri Senate