Delaware General Assembly

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The Delaware General Assembly is the bicameral legislative body of the U.S. state of Delaware, responsible for creating state laws and overseeing public policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
state legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Delaware ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Delaware ⓘ
canBeConveneBy Governor of Delaware ⓘ
canOverrideVetoOf Governor of Delaware ⓘ
composition Delaware House of Representatives ⓘ
Delaware Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electionIntervalLowerHouse every 2 years ⓘ
electionIntervalUpperHouse every 2 years for staggered terms ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Delaware ⓘ
governingDocument Constitution of Delaware ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver state statutes of Delaware ⓘ
hasMottoOnSeal Liberty and Independence ⓘ
hasNoTermLimits true ⓘ
hasPart Delaware House of Representatives ⓘ
Delaware Senate ⓘ
hasWebsite https://legis.delaware.gov ⓘ
jurisdiction statewide in Delaware ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor State of Delaware ⓘ
legislativeFunction confirms certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
enacts state laws ⓘ
levies state taxes ⓘ
oversees public policy in Delaware ⓘ
passes state budget ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
location Dover, Delaware ⓘ
lowerHouse Delaware House of Representatives ⓘ
meetsIn Legislative Hall ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 62 ⓘ
numberOfMembersInLowerHouse 41 ⓘ
numberOfMembersInUpperHouse 21 ⓘ
oversees state agencies of Delaware ⓘ
partOf government of Delaware ⓘ
passes bills ⓘ
precededBy Delaware colonial assembly ⓘ
responsibleFor redistricting of legislative districts in Delaware ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Dover, Delaware ⓘ
sessionType annual regular sessions ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse 2 years ⓘ
termLengthUpperHouse 4 years ⓘ
upperHouse Delaware Senate ⓘ
uses committee system ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Province of Delaware → legislature → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
John Dickinson → memberOf → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Newark, Delaware → stateLegislativeDistrict → Delaware General Assembly districts in New Castle County ⓘ
linked to: Delaware General Assembly
Delaware Colony → legislature → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Flag of Delaware → adoptedBy → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
John Dickinson → memberOf → Delaware Assembly ⓘ
subject linked to: President of Pennsylvania
linked to: Delaware General Assembly
Kent County, Delaware → partOf → Delaware General Assembly districts ⓘ
linked to: Delaware General Assembly
Dover → governmentBody → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Dover, Delaware → isSeatOf → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Delaware coat of arms → authority → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Government of Delaware → hasPart → Legislative branch of Delaware ⓘ
linked to: Delaware General Assembly
Government of Delaware → legislativeBody → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Delaware Senate → partOf → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Legislative Hall → occupant → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Constitution of Delaware → establishes → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Delaware colonial assembly → followedBy → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Delaware colonial assembly → replacedBy → Delaware state legislature ⓘ
linked to: Delaware General Assembly
Governor of Delaware → worksWith → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Delaware House of Representatives → partOf → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Delaware House of Representatives → legislativeChamberOf → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Delaware General Corporation Law → enactedBy → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Delaware → legislature → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Caesar Rodney → memberOf → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Delaware Department of Elections → collaboratesWith → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Delaware State Capitol → houses → Delaware General Assembly ⓘ