South Carolina General Assembly

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The South Carolina General Assembly is the bicameral state legislature responsible for making laws and overseeing government functions in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
state legislature ⓘ
budgetaryPower appropriates state funds ⓘ
canImpeach certain state officials ⓘ
convenes annual legislative sessions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electoralDistrictType single-member districts ⓘ
elects certain members of the South Carolina judiciary ⓘ
members of some state boards and commissions ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of South Carolina ⓘ
fiscalYearStartInfluence sets state fiscal policy ⓘ
governingDocument Constitution of South Carolina ⓘ
hasComponent South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
South Carolina Senate ⓘ
hasHouseSeats 124 ⓘ
hasPower override gubernatorial veto with supermajority ⓘ
hasSenateSeats 46 ⓘ
hasVotingSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Colonial Assembly of South Carolina ⓘ
houseElectionCycle every 2 years ⓘ
houseTermLength 2 years ⓘ
jurisdiction State of South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: South Carolina
languageUsed English ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf State of South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: South Carolina
legislativeFunction confirms certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
enacts state laws ⓘ
levies state taxes ⓘ
oversees executive branch ⓘ
passes state budget ⓘ
proposes state constitutional amendments ⓘ
locatedIn Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ
Richland County, South Carolina ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
lowerHouse South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
mayCall joint sessions of both houses ⓘ
meetsIn South Carolina State House ⓘ
nickname South Carolina Legislature ⓘ
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
oversees South Carolina executive agencies ⓘ
partOf government of South Carolina ⓘ
publishes South Carolina Code of Laws (as amended) ⓘ
regulates local governments within South Carolina ⓘ
senateElectionCycle every 4 years ⓘ
senateTermLength 4 years ⓘ
sessionType part-time legislature ⓘ
upperHouse South Carolina Senate ⓘ
website https://www.scstatehouse.gov/ ⓘ

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South Carolina → legislature → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
American colonial assemblies → hasPart → South Carolina Commons House of Assembly ⓘ
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Nullification Crisis → conflictBetween → South Carolina state government ⓘ
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John Lewis Gervais → memberOf → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control → parentOrganization → Government of South Carolina ⓘ
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Animis Opibusque Parati → appliesTo → State of South Carolina government ⓘ
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South Carolina General Assembly → website → https://www.scstatehouse.gov/ ⓘ
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South Carolina General Assembly → nickname → South Carolina Legislature ⓘ
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South Carolina Senate → partOf → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
South Carolina House of Representatives → chamberOf → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
South Carolina Provincial Congress → followedBy → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
South Carolina Provincial Congress → followedBy → South Carolina General Assembly under the 1776 Constitution ⓘ
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South Carolina Provincial Congress → replacedBy → South Carolina General Assembly under the 1776 Constitution ⓘ
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South Carolina colonial legislature → replacedBy → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
South Carolina State House → houses → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
Nullifier Party → hadStrongholdIn → South Carolina legislature ⓘ
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Horry County, South Carolina → stateLegislativeBody → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
South Carolina House District 87 → lowerHouseDistrictOf → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education → coordinatesWith → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
Barnwell family of South Carolina → associatedWith → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
Christopher Gadsden → memberOf → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
Great Seal of South Carolina → usedBy → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
legislative branch of South Carolina → officialName → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
subject linked to: South Carolina state government
Constitution of South Carolina → establishes → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
South Carolina Democratic Party → historicallyDominated → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
Governor of South Carolina → interactsWith → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
David Ramsay → memberOf → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
South Carolina's 2nd congressional district → redistrictedBy → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
South Carolina Exposition and Protest → commissionedBy → South Carolina legislature ⓘ
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South Carolina Exposition and Protest → presentedTo → South Carolina legislature ⓘ
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South Carolina State Board of Education → accountableTo → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives → partOf → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
SC State → founder → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
South Carolina House of Representatives districts → partOf → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
South Carolina House of Representatives districts → mapsPublishedBy → South Carolina legislature ⓘ
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Hardeeville, South Carolina → stateLegislativeBody → South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ