Kansas Legislature

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The Kansas Legislature is the bicameral state legislative body of Kansas, responsible for creating state laws and overseeing the functions of the state government.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral state legislature ⓘ
legislative branch of state government ⓘ
appliesTo statewide public policy in Kansas ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch ⓘ
budgetProcessRole drafting and approving Kansas state budget ⓘ
buildingUsed Kansas State Capitol ⓘ
canConvene special sessions ⓘ
canOverrideVetoOf Governor of Kansas ⓘ
composition Kansas Senate and Kansas House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Legislature
country United States ⓘ
electoralDistrictTypeForHouse single-member districts ⓘ
electoralDistrictTypeForSenate single-member districts ⓘ
establishedBy Kansas Constitution ⓘ
follows Kansas Constitution ⓘ
governs residents of Kansas ⓘ
hasAuthority confirmation of certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
lawmaking in Kansas ⓘ
oversight of Kansas state government ⓘ
state budget approval ⓘ
taxation within Kansas ⓘ
hasComponent Kansas House of Representatives ⓘ
Kansas Senate ⓘ
hasLowerHouse Kansas House of Representatives ⓘ
hasPower propose constitutional amendments to the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Kansas Senate ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.kslegislature.org ⓘ
headquartersLocation Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
jurisdiction Kansas ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor State of Kansas ⓘ
linked to: Kansas
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
meetsDuring legislative sessions beginning in January ⓘ
meetsIn Kansas State Capitol ⓘ
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 165 ⓘ
numberOfMembersInLowerHouse 125 ⓘ
numberOfMembersInUpperHouse 40 ⓘ
oversees state agencies of Kansas ⓘ
partOf Government of Kansas ⓘ
passes state statutes ⓘ
predecessor Territorial Legislature of Kansas Territory ⓘ
sessionType annual regular sessions ⓘ
specialSessionsCalledBy Governor of Kansas ⓘ
two-thirds of the members of each house ⓘ
state Kansas ⓘ
termLengthOfRepresentatives 2 years ⓘ
termLengthOfSenators 4 years ⓘ
vetoOverrideRequirement two-thirds majority in each chamber ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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

Kansas → legislature → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Edmund G. Ross → appointedBy → Kansas state legislature ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Legislature
Kansas State Capitol → isSeatOf → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Kansas Senate → partOf → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Kansas Senate → redistrictedBy → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Kansas Legislature → composition → Kansas Senate and Kansas House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Legislature
Kansas House of Representatives → partOf → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Kansas House of Representatives → isChamberOf → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Kansas legislative districts → legislativeBody → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Kansas legislative districts → createdBy → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Kansas legislative districts → mapApprovedBy → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Government of Kansas → hasBranch → Legislative branch of Kansas ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Legislature
Government of Kansas → legislativeBody → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Kansas state highway system → designatedBy → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Kansas judicial branch → collaboratesWith → Kansas legislative branch ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Legislature
Kansas Judicial Council → collaboratesWith → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Kansas Court of Appeals → establishedBy → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
University of Kansas → foundedBy → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
subject linked to: KU
Kansas Constitution → establishes → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Territorial Legislature of Kansas Territory → followedBy → First Kansas State Legislature ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Legislature
Minority Whip of the Kansas Senate → partOf → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Kansas State Board of Education → worksWith → Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Wyandotte Constitution → legislativeBody → Kansas Legislature ⓘ