Vermont House of Representatives

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The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Vermont’s state legislature, responsible for creating state laws alongside the Vermont Senate.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
state lower house ⓘ
canCall special sessions (with Senate and Governor involvement) ⓘ
canOverrideVetoWith two-thirds majority of both chambers ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the State of Vermont ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electionCycle biennial ⓘ
electoralSystemLevel state level ⓘ
elects Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives ⓘ
establishedInPeriod 18th century ⓘ
governs State of Vermont ⓘ
linked to: Vermont
hasChamber Vermont Senate ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem standing committees ⓘ
hasLegislativeSession annual regular session ⓘ
hasOathTo Constitution of the State of Vermont ⓘ
Constitution of the United States ⓘ
hasPower to amend legislation ⓘ
to approve state budget ⓘ
to confirm certain executive appointments ⓘ
to introduce bills ⓘ
hasRoleIn state constitutional amendments process ⓘ
isComponentOf government of Vermont ⓘ
isLowerChamberOf Vermont General Assembly ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Vermont ⓘ
linked to: Vermont
languageUsed English ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf Vermont General Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn Montpelier, Vermont ⓘ
meetsIn Vermont State House ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Vermont State House chamber ⓘ
linked to: Vermont State House
membersRepresent legislative districts in Vermont ⓘ
numberOfMembers 150 ⓘ
oversees state executive branch through oversight hearings ⓘ
partOf Vermont General Assembly ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House ⓘ
primaryFunction lawmaking ⓘ
publishes House journals and legislative records ⓘ
responsibleFor levying state taxes ⓘ
overseeing state programs through legislation ⓘ
passing state statutes ⓘ
proposing state budget measures ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith Vermont Senate ⓘ
state Vermont ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature part-time legislature ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://legislature.vermont.gov/house ⓘ
worksWith Governor of Vermont ⓘ

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

Vermont General Assembly → hasPart → Vermont House of Representatives ⓘ
Vermont General Assembly → subdivision → Vermont House of Representatives ⓘ
Vermont General Assembly → chamber1 → Vermont House of Representatives ⓘ
Government of Vermont → hasChamber → Vermont House of Representatives ⓘ
Vermont state law → legislativeBody → Vermont House of Representatives ⓘ
Vermont Senate → hasLowerHouse → Vermont House of Representatives ⓘ
Vermont Senate → worksWith → Vermont House of Representatives ⓘ
Vermont Democratic Party → operatesIn → Vermont House of Representatives elections ⓘ
linked to: Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont Progressive Party → hasRepresentationIn → Vermont House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives → legislativeBody → Vermont House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives → presidesOver → Vermont House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives → represents → Vermont House of Representatives as an institution ⓘ
linked to: Vermont House of Representatives
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives → reportsTo → Vermont House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives → memberOf → House leadership of the Vermont General Assembly ⓘ
linked to: Vermont House of Representatives
George F. Edmunds → memberOf → Vermont House of Representatives ⓘ
Sandgate, Vermont → stateLowerHouseDistrict → Vermont House of Representatives district (Bennington County-related) ⓘ
linked to: Vermont House of Representatives