South Carolina Senate

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The South Carolina Senate is the upper chamber of the South Carolina General Assembly, responsible for crafting state laws, approving budgets, and providing advice and consent on certain executive actions.

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Label Occurrences
South Carolina Senate canonical 10
South Carolina State Senate 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
legislative chamber ⓘ
state upper house ⓘ
authorityLevel state ⓘ
buildingOwner State of South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: South Carolina
canOverrideVeto yes ⓘ
compositionBasis population-based districts within South Carolina ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of South Carolina ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electionType partisan elections ⓘ
establishedBy South Carolina Constitution of 1895 ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of South Carolina ⓘ
hasChamberType upper house ⓘ
hasOfficer Majority Leader ⓘ
Minority Leader ⓘ
President Pro Tempore ⓘ
President of the Senate ⓘ
hasPower to advise and consent on certain executive appointments ⓘ
to participate in the state budget process ⓘ
to propose and amend legislation ⓘ
to ratify constitutional amendments proposed by the General Assembly ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.scstatehouse.gov/senate.php ⓘ
isBicameralPartnerOf South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction State of South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: South Carolina
language English ⓘ
legislativeFunction advice and consent on certain executive actions ⓘ
budget approval ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
locatedIn Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ
meetsIn South Carolina State House ⓘ
meetsInChamber Senate Chamber of the South Carolina State House ⓘ
meetsInCity Columbia ⓘ
membersRepresent single-member districts ⓘ
numberOfMembers 46 ⓘ
oversightFunction oversight of executive branch agencies ⓘ
partOf South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
predecessor earlier colonial and state legislative councils and senates in South Carolina ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
responsibility approving state budget ⓘ
confirming certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
enacting state statutes ⓘ
participating in impeachment trials ⓘ
redistricting and reapportionment ⓘ
sessionType biennial legislative sessions ⓘ
state South Carolina ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
vetoOverrideRequirement two-thirds majority of members present ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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

South Carolina → upperHouse → South Carolina Senate ⓘ
Dorchester County, South Carolina → representedIn → South Carolina Senate ⓘ
subject linked to: Dorchester County
South Carolina General Assembly → hasComponent → South Carolina Senate ⓘ
South Carolina General Assembly → upperHouse → South Carolina Senate ⓘ
South Carolina election of 1876 → officeContested → South Carolina Senate ⓘ
Ross Turner → memberOf → South Carolina State Senate ⓘ
linked to: South Carolina Senate
Dillon County, South Carolina → representedIn → South Carolina Senate ⓘ
South Carolina General Assembly → hasComponent → South Carolina Senate ⓘ
subject linked to: South Carolina state government
Constitution of South Carolina → establishes → South Carolina Senate ⓘ