South Carolina House of Representatives

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The South Carolina House of Representatives is the 124-member lower chamber of the South Carolina General Assembly, responsible for creating state laws and representing citizens in legislative matters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
state lower house ⓘ
authority South Carolina Constitution ⓘ
broadcasts some proceedings via web or television ⓘ
buildingStyleOfChamber neoclassical state capitol building ⓘ
canConvene special sessions under certain conditions ⓘ
canOverrideVetoWith supermajority vote ⓘ
chamberOf South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
coLegislatesWith South Carolina Senate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
districtsApportionedBy population ⓘ
electionCycle every 2 years ⓘ
establishedIn 18th century ⓘ
hasCommittees joint committees with the South Carolina Senate ⓘ
special committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasPower impeach certain state officials ⓘ
initiate revenue bills ⓘ
houseType lower house ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
lastRedistrictingBasedOn 2020 United States Census ⓘ
legislativeFunction enacts state laws ⓘ
oversees state executive branch through hearings and investigations ⓘ
passes state budget ⓘ
proposes constitutional amendments ⓘ
locatedIn Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ
meetsIn South Carolina State House ⓘ
membershipBasedOn single-member districts ⓘ
numberOfMembers 124 ⓘ
openMeetings generally open to the public ⓘ
originatesFrom colonial-era legislative assembly of South Carolina ⓘ
partOf legislative branch of the government of South Carolina ⓘ
partySystem multi-party with Republican Party dominance in recent decades ⓘ
passes bills ⓘ
concurrent resolutions ⓘ
joint resolutions ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House ⓘ
represents citizens of South Carolina ⓘ
requires members to be residents of the districts they represent ⓘ
members to meet age and citizenship requirements set by state law ⓘ
salaryOfMembers low-paid part-time legislators ⓘ
sessionType annual regular sessions ⓘ
state South Carolina ⓘ
subjectTo gubernatorial veto ⓘ
supervises various state agencies through legislative committees ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://www.scstatehouse.gov ⓘ

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South Carolina → lowerHouse → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
Commons House of Assembly → replacedBy → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
Dorchester County, South Carolina → representedIn → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
subject linked to: Dorchester County
South Carolina General Assembly → hasComponent → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
South Carolina General Assembly → lowerHouse → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
South Carolina Senate → isBicameralPartnerOf → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
South Carolina election of 1876 → officeContested → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
Nicholas Eveleigh → memberOf → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
South Carolina colonial legislature → hasPart → South Carolina Commons House of Assembly ⓘ
linked to: South Carolina House of Representatives
South Carolina State House → houses → South Carolina House of Representatives chamber ⓘ
linked to: South Carolina House of Representatives
Dillon County, South Carolina → representedIn → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
South Carolina House District 87 → legislativeBody → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
South Carolina House District 87 → chamber → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
South Carolina General Assembly → hasComponent → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
subject linked to: South Carolina state government
Constitution of South Carolina → establishes → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
Francis Wilkinson Pickens → legislativeBody → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
John F. Grimké → memberOf → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
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Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives → presidesOver → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives → jurisdiction → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives → memberOfBody → South Carolina House of Representatives leadership ⓘ
linked to: South Carolina House of Representatives
Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives → represents → South Carolina House of Representatives in official capacities ⓘ
linked to: South Carolina House of Representatives
George McDuffie → memberOf → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
Ernest A. Finney Jr. → memberOf → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
Henry E. Brown Jr. → legislativeBody → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
South Carolina House of Representatives districts → partOf → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
South Carolina House of Representatives districts → electsToBody → South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ