Louisiana State Legislature

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The Louisiana State Legislature is the bicameral lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Louisiana, responsible for enacting state laws and shaping public policy through its Senate and House of Representatives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
state legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Louisiana ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom Constitution of Louisiana ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Louisiana ⓘ
budgetCycle annual state budget ⓘ
canOverrideVetoOf Governor of Louisiana ⓘ
convenesIn regular session ⓘ
special session ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electoralDistrictType single-member districts ⓘ
establishedInYear 1812 ⓘ
follows Louisiana Constitution ⓘ
governs state public policy in Louisiana ⓘ
hasLowerHouse Louisiana House of Representatives ⓘ
hasNumberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
hasPart Louisiana House of Representatives ⓘ
Louisiana State Senate ⓘ
hasSessionType fiscal session ⓘ
general session ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Louisiana State Senate ⓘ
houseLeaderTitleLowerHouse Speaker of the House ⓘ
houseLeaderTitleUpperHouse President of the Senate ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Louisiana ⓘ
legislativeProcess bill passage by both houses and governor’s approval or veto override ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Baton Rouge, Louisiana ⓘ
meetsIn Baton Rouge, Louisiana ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Louisiana State Capitol ⓘ
numberOfMembers 144 ⓘ
numberOfMembersInLowerHouse 105 ⓘ
numberOfMembersInUpperHouse 39 ⓘ
partOf government of Louisiana ⓘ
precededBy Territorial legislature of Orleans Territory ⓘ
regulates state civil law and criminal law in Louisiana ⓘ
responsibleFor adopting the state budget ⓘ
enacting state laws ⓘ
levying state taxes ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
proposing constitutional amendments ⓘ
seat Louisiana State Capitol ⓘ
subclassOf bicameral legislature in the United States ⓘ
termLengthForRepresentatives 4 years ⓘ
termLengthForSenators 4 years ⓘ
termLimits 3 consecutive 4-year terms in each chamber ⓘ
vetoOverrideRequirement two-thirds vote of each house ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://legis.la.gov ⓘ

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University of New Orleans → founder → Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
Louisiana Civil Code → administeredBy → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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Louisiana Constitution → authorizes → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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Louisiana Revised Statutes → governingBody → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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Louisiana Revised Statutes → enactedBy → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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Louisiana Code of Evidence → enactedBy → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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Judiciary of Louisiana → coequalWith → Legislative branch of Louisiana ⓘ
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Government of Louisiana → hasBranch → Legislative branch of Louisiana ⓘ
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Government of Louisiana → legislativeBody → Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure → enactedBy → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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disputed 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election → involves → Louisiana state legislature ⓘ
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Louisiana House of Representatives → partOf → Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
Louisiana State Senate → partOf → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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Digest of 1808 → commissionedBy → Legislature of the Territory of Orleans ⓘ
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Caddo Parish, Louisiana → hasLegislativeRepresentation → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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Louisiana State Capitol → legislature → Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
Louisiana State University Shreveport → foundedBy → Louisiana legislature ⓘ
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Louisiana Separate Car Act → legislativeBody → Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
Title 9 – Civil Code Ancillaries → enactedBy → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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Title 13 – Courts and Judicial Procedure → enactedBy → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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Title 23 – Labor and Worker's Compensation → authority → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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Title 33 – Municipalities and Parishes → enactedBy → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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Title 40 – Public Health and Safety (Louisiana Revised Statutes) → updatedBy → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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Title 42 – Public Officers and Employees → enactedBy → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure → enactedBy → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry of Louisiana → worksWith → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana State Legislature
State budget of Louisiana → approvedBy → Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
Executive branch of Louisiana → coequalWith → Legislative branch of Louisiana ⓘ
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Louisiana Democratic Party → campaignsForOffice → Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner → worksWith → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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President of the Louisiana Senate → partOf → Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
President pro tempore of the Louisiana Senate → partOf → Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives → partOf → Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
Louisiana → hasLegislativeBody → Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
Attorney General of Louisiana → worksWith → Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
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NOCCA → founders → Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
Territorial legislature of Orleans Territory → followedBy → Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
Territorial legislature of Orleans Territory → replacedBy → Louisiana State Legislature after statehood ⓘ
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Joe Marino (Louisiana politician) → legislativeBody → Louisiana State Legislature ⓘ
subject linked to: Joe Marino