Kansas Senate

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The Kansas Senate is the upper chamber of the Kansas Legislature, responsible for crafting and passing state laws alongside the Kansas House of Representatives.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kansas Senate canonical 14
Kansas Senate districts 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative chamber ⓘ
state upper house ⓘ
authority Kansas Constitution ⓘ
building Kansas State Capitol ⓘ
canOverrideVetoOf Governor of Kansas ⓘ
coLegislatesWith Kansas House of Representatives ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electionInterval every 4 years ⓘ
electoralBody voters of Kansas ⓘ
establishedBy Kansas Constitution of 1861 ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Constitution
governs Kansas state government ⓘ
hasChamber Kansas House of Representatives ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle Majority Leader ⓘ
Minority Leader ⓘ
hasPower confirmation of certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.kslegislature.gov ⓘ
houseType upper house ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Kansas ⓘ
linked to: Kansas
legislativeBodyFor State of Kansas ⓘ
linked to: Kansas
legislativeProcessIncludes committee consideration ⓘ
floor debate ⓘ
introduction of bills ⓘ
voting on bills ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
meetsIn Kansas State Capitol ⓘ
membersElectedFrom single-member districts ⓘ
numberOfMembers 40 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Kansas Legislature ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Kansas Senate ⓘ
primaryFunction lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch of Kansas ⓘ
state budget approval ⓘ
redistrictedBy Kansas Legislature ⓘ
responsibleFor crafting state laws ⓘ
passing state laws ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
sessionType regular session ⓘ
special session ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith Kansas House of Representatives ⓘ
state Kansas ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature bicameral legislature ⓘ
vetoOverrideRequirement two-thirds majority ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Kansas → upperHouse → Kansas Senate ⓘ
Kansas State Capitol → isSeatOf → Kansas Senate ⓘ
Kansas Legislature → hasComponent → Kansas Senate ⓘ
Kansas Legislature → hasUpperHouse → Kansas Senate ⓘ
Laura Kelly → legislativeBodyServedIn → Kansas Senate ⓘ
Kansas legislative districts → hasPart → Kansas Senate districts ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Senate
Government of Kansas → upperHouse → Kansas Senate ⓘ
Jake LaTurner → previousLegislativeBody → Kansas Senate ⓘ
Kansas elections → includeOffice → Kansas Senate ⓘ
James Madison Harvey → legislativeBody → Kansas Senate ⓘ