Arkansas House of Representatives

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The Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Arkansas General Assembly, responsible for creating state laws and representing citizens through elected state representatives.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
state lower house ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom Arkansas Constitution ⓘ
buildingLocatedIn Pulaski County, Arkansas ⓘ
buildingTypeOfMeetingPlace state capitol building ⓘ
canInitiate appropriations bills ⓘ
legislation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electoralDistrictType single-member districts ⓘ
electoralSystemLevel state ⓘ
elects its Speaker from among its members ⓘ
establishedInJurisdiction Arkansas ⓘ
foundationDate 1836 ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Arkansas ⓘ
governs state-level public policy in Arkansas ⓘ
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver statewide matters in Arkansas ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 100 ⓘ
hasRulesOfProcedure House Rules of the Arkansas House of Representatives ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Arkansas Senate ⓘ
houseType lower house ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Arkansas ⓘ
linked to: Arkansas
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
leaderTitle Majority Leader ⓘ
Minority Leader ⓘ
Speaker Pro Tempore ⓘ
Speaker of the House ⓘ
legislativeChamber lower house ⓘ
legislature Arkansas General Assembly ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Little Rock, Arkansas ⓘ
mainFunction lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch of Arkansas ⓘ
representation of citizens in Arkansas ⓘ
state budget approval ⓘ
meetsIn Arkansas State Capitol ⓘ
membersAre state representatives ⓘ
partOf Arkansas General Assembly ⓘ
passes state statutes ⓘ
sessionType regular sessions ⓘ
special sessions ⓘ
state Arkansas ⓘ
supervises state agencies through committees ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
termLimits 16 years total in General Assembly ⓘ
uses special committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://www.arkansashouse.org/ ⓘ

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

Arkansas → lowerHouse → Arkansas House of Representatives ⓘ
Arkansas State Capitol → houses → Arkansas House of Representatives chamber ⓘ
linked to: Arkansas House of Representatives
Arkansas General Assembly → hasComponent → Arkansas House of Representatives ⓘ
Arkansas General Assembly → lowerHouse → Arkansas House of Representatives ⓘ
Arkansas General Assembly → hasHouseSeats → Arkansas House of Representatives has 100 members ⓘ
linked to: Arkansas House of Representatives
Arkansas Senate → hasLowerHouse → Arkansas House of Representatives ⓘ
Arkansas Senate → worksAlongside → Arkansas House of Representatives ⓘ
Arkansas state government → lowerHouse → Arkansas House of Representatives ⓘ
Arkansas Board of Apportionment → governsBody → Arkansas House of Representatives ⓘ
House Rules of the Arkansas House of Representatives → appliesTo → Arkansas House of Representatives ⓘ
House Rules of the Arkansas House of Representatives → adoptedBy → Arkansas House of Representatives ⓘ
House Rules of the Arkansas House of Representatives → canBeAmendedBy → Arkansas House of Representatives ⓘ
Bureau of Legislative Research of Arkansas → legislativeBodyServed → Arkansas House of Representatives ⓘ