Washington State Senate

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The Washington State Senate is the upper chamber of the Washington State Legislature, responsible for crafting and passing state laws alongside the Washington House of Representatives.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Washington State Legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
state upper house ⓘ
allowsPublicHearings yes ⓘ
canInitiate legislation ⓘ
canOverrideVetoOf Governor of Washington ⓘ
canPropose constitutional amendments (subject to voter approval) ⓘ
chamberType upper house ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article II of the Washington State Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electionCycle even-numbered years ⓘ
electoralBody voters of Washington state ⓘ
establishedBy Washington State Constitution ⓘ
governs State of Washington ⓘ
hasBroadcastCoverage TVW (Washington public affairs network) ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasJournal Senate Journal ⓘ
hasLowerHouse Washington House of Representatives ⓘ
hasMajorityLeader Majority Leader of the Washington State Senate ⓘ
hasMinorityLeader Minority Leader of the Washington State Senate ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://leg.wa.gov/Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction statewide ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
lawMakingProcessRequires concurrence of Washington House of Representatives ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf Washington State Legislature ⓘ
locatedInBuilding Legislative Building ⓘ
locatedInCity Olympia, Washington ⓘ
linked to: Olympia
meetsIn Washington State Capitol ⓘ
membersElectedFrom single-member districts ⓘ
minimumAgeForMembers 18 years ⓘ
numberOfLegislativeDistricts 49 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 49 ⓘ
partOfGovernmentBranch legislative branch of Washington state government ⓘ
partySystem multi-party with Democratic and Republican dominance ⓘ
presidingOfficerExOfficio Lieutenant Governor of Washington ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
primaryFunction budget approval ⓘ
confirmation of gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
redistrictedEvery 10 years ⓘ
responsibleFor approving state budget ⓘ
enacting state statutes ⓘ
overseeing state agencies ⓘ
sessionType regular and special sessions ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith Washington House of Representatives ⓘ
state Washington ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termStructure staggered terms ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Washington → hasUpperHouse → Washington State Senate ⓘ
Washington (state) → upperHouse → Washington State Senate ⓘ
subject linked to: Washington, United States
Washington State Legislature → hasPart → Washington State Senate ⓘ
Washington State Capitol → houses → Washington State Senate ⓘ
Annette Cleveland → legislativeBody → Washington State Senate ⓘ
Government of Washington (state) → hasChamber → Washington State Senate ⓘ
Washington (state) → upperHouse → Washington State Senate ⓘ
subject linked to: Washington State, United States
Lieutenant Governor of Washington → presidesOver → Washington State Senate ⓘ
Senate Ways and Means Committee → legislativeBody → Washington State Senate ⓘ
Senate Ways and Means Committee → chamber → Washington State Senate ⓘ
Senate Ways and Means Committee → parentOrganization → Washington State Senate ⓘ
Senate Law and Justice Committee → legislativeBody → Washington State Senate ⓘ
Senate Law and Justice Committee → composedOf → Washington State Senators ⓘ
linked to: Washington State Senate
Legislative Building → occupant → Washington State Senate ⓘ
Senate Journal (Washington State Senate) → publishedBy → Washington State Senate ⓘ
subject linked to: Senate Journal
Senate Journal (Washington State Senate) → legislativeChamber → Washington State Senate ⓘ
subject linked to: Senate Journal
WA House → hasUpperHouse → Washington State Senate ⓘ
WA House → sharesPowerWith → Washington State Senate ⓘ
Derek Kilmer → employer → Washington State Senate ⓘ
John A. Cherberg Building → occupant → Washington State Senate ⓘ
John A. Cherberg Building → occupant → Washington state senators ⓘ
linked to: Washington State Senate
Irving R. Newhouse Building → occupant → Washington State Senate ⓘ
Irving R. Newhouse Building → legislativeBodyServed → Washington State Senate ⓘ
Washington State Code Reviser → worksWith → Washington State Senate ⓘ
Washington’s 2nd legislative district → electsToBody → Washington State Senate ⓘ