Washington State Legislature

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The Washington State Legislature is the bicameral legislative body of the U.S. state of Washington, responsible for creating state laws and overseeing the state budget through its Senate and House of Representatives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
state legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Washington (state) ⓘ
linked to: Washington
branchOf Government of Washington (state) ⓘ
canBeConveneBy Governor of Washington ⓘ
compositionMethod elected by popular vote ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
elects members of the Washington House of Representatives ⓘ
members of the Washington State Senate ⓘ
establishedBy Washington State Constitution ⓘ
hasChamber lower house ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
hasCommittee House Appropriations Committee ⓘ
House Judiciary Committee ⓘ
Senate Law and Justice Committee ⓘ
Senate Ways and Means Committee ⓘ
hasDocument Revised Code of Washington ⓘ
hasLeader President of the Washington State Senate ⓘ
hasMotto “The Legislature of the State of Washington” (formal designation) ⓘ
hasPart Washington House of Representatives ⓘ
Washington State Senate ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficer Lieutenant Governor of Washington ⓘ
hasSpeaker Speaker of the Washington House of Representatives ⓘ
hasTermLength 2 years for state representatives ⓘ
4 years for state senators ⓘ
jurisdiction statewide matters within Washington ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Government of Washington (state) ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
meetingPlace Washington State Capitol ⓘ
meetsIn Olympia, Washington ⓘ
linked to: Olympia
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
oversees redistricting process in Washington (subject to independent commission and law) ⓘ
power appropriate state funds ⓘ
levy state taxes ⓘ
override gubernatorial veto with supermajority ⓘ
propose constitutional amendments to the Washington State Constitution ⓘ
produces session laws of Washington ⓘ
regularSessionLength 105 days in odd-numbered years ⓘ
60 days in even-numbered years ⓘ
regulates statewide public policy areas such as education, transportation, and public safety ⓘ
responsibleFor enacting state laws ⓘ
overseeing state agencies through legislation ⓘ
passing state budget ⓘ
sessionType biennial sessions ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://leg.wa.gov ⓘ

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Washington → hasLegislature → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Tacoma, Washington → stateLegislativeBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Thurston County, Washington → containsGovernmentBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Shoreline Management Act of 1971 (Washington) → enactedBy → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Washington State University → founder → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Olympia → isHomeTo → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Ed Murray → legislativeBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Washington (state) → legislature → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
subject linked to: Washington, United States
Evergreen State College → governingBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Washington State Legislature → hasMotto → “The Legislature of the State of Washington” (formal designation) ⓘ
linked to: Washington State Legislature
Washington State Senate → legislativeChamberOf → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Washington House of Representatives → partOf → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Washington House of Representatives → website → https://leg.wa.gov/House ⓘ
linked to: Washington State Legislature
Washington State Governor's Office → worksWith → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Washington State Capitol → houses → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Annette Cleveland → partOf → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Government of Washington (state) → hasBranch → Legislative branch of Washington (state) ⓘ
linked to: Washington State Legislature
Government of Washington (state) → legislativeBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Revised Code of Washington → updatedBy → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
RCW 90.58 → enactedBy → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Washington Growth Management Act → legislativeBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
ECY → hasLegalAuthorityFrom → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
ECY → accountableTo → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Judicial branch of Washington (state) → coequalBranchWith → Legislative branch of Washington (state) ⓘ
linked to: Washington State Legislature
Constitution of the State of Washington → bindingOn → legislature of the State of Washington ⓘ
linked to: Washington State Legislature
Drew Hansen → employer → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Washington Court of Appeals → establishedBy → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Steve Conway (politician) → legislativeBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Steve Conway (politician) → employer → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Attorney General of Washington → collaboratesWith → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Washington (state) → legislature → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
subject linked to: Washington State, United States
Speaker of the Washington House of Representatives → partOf → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
House Appropriations Committee (Washington State) → partOf → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
subject linked to: House Appropriations Committee
Senate Law and Justice Committee → partOf → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
House Judiciary Committee (Washington State House of Representatives) → legislativeBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
subject linked to: House Judiciary Committee
Legislative Building → occupant → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Majority Leader of the Washington State Senate → partOf → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Senate Journal (Washington State Senate) → relatedTo → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
subject linked to: Senate Journal
TVW → covers → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
WA House → partOf → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Washington’s 9th legislative district → partOf → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Washington State Historical Society → foundedBy → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Governor of Washington → seeAlso → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
John A. Cherberg Building → governmentBody → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Irving R. Newhouse Building → operator → Washington State Legislature ⓘ
Washington State Statute Law Committee → partOf → Washington State Legislature ⓘ