Virginia House of Delegates

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The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower chamber of the Virginia General Assembly, serving as one of the oldest continuous legislative bodies in the Western Hemisphere.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
lower house of state legislature
buildingStyleOfChamber neoclassical (Virginia State Capitol)
canImpeach certain state officials
canIntroduce bills
country United States of America
electoralCycle every 2 years
establishedInYear 1619
governs state law of Virginia
hasCommitteeSystem special committees
standing committees
hasJurisdiction Commonwealth of Virginia
linked to: Virginia
hasMajorityLeader Majority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates
hasMinorityLeader Minority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates
hasMotto Sic Semper Tyrannis (state motto used in symbolism)
hasNumberOfMembers 100
hasPower approve state budget
confirm certain gubernatorial appointments
levy state taxes
pass state statutes
hasSpeaker Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates
hasTypeOfMembers state delegates
hasWebsite https://virginiageneralassembly.gov
historicalOrigin colonial legislature of Virginia
isChamber lower house
isElectedBy voters of Virginia
isOneOfOldestContinuousLegislativeBodiesIn Western Hemisphere
isPartOf bicameral legislature of Virginia
isRecordedIn Journals of the House of Delegates
linked to: House Journal
isRegulatedBy rules of the Virginia House of Delegates
isSubjectTo Virginia Constitution
languageUsed English
legislativeChamberOf Virginia
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Richmond, Virginia
meetsIn Virginia State Capitol
meetsInCity Richmond
meetsInSession regular sessions
special sessions
numberOfLegislativeDistricts 100
otherChamber Senate of Virginia
linked to: Virginia Senate
partOf Virginia General Assembly
precededBy House of Burgesses
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker
represents single-member districts
seatOfGovernment Virginia State Capitol
termLength 2 years
usesVotingTechnology electronic voting board in chamber
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Patrick Henry memberOf Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom legislativeBody Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia General Assembly hasComponent Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia General Assembly lowerHouse Virginia House of Delegates
House of Burgesses replacedBy Virginia House of Delegates
House of Burgesses followedBy Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia General Assembly hasComponent Virginia House of Delegates
subject linked to: Virginia state government
George Rogers Clark memberOf Virginia House of Delegates
George Allen memberOf Virginia House of Delegates
subject linked to: George Herbert Allen
Virginia Constitution of 1776 lowerHouseName House of Delegates of Virginia
linked to: Virginia House of Delegates
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech politicalBodyAddressed Virginia House of Burgesses members (as delegates)
linked to: Virginia House of Delegates
Henry Lee II memberOf Virginia House of Delegates
Woodbridge, Virginia representedIn Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia Senate hasLowerHouse Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia Senate sharesLegislativePowerWith Virginia House of Delegates
Cyrus Griffin memberOf Virginia House of Delegates
Charles Fenton Mercer memberOf Virginia House of Delegates
House of Delegates chamber usedBy Virginia House of Delegates
George Wythe memberOf Virginia House of Delegates