Nevada Legislature

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The Nevada Legislature is the bicameral state lawmaking body of Nevada, consisting of the Assembly and the Senate.

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instanceOf bicameral legislature
state legislature
alsoKnownAs Legislature of the State of Nevada
linked to: Nevada Legislature
appliesLegalSystem common law
authority Constitution of the State of Nevada
branchOf Government of Nevada
canCallSpecialSessions Governor of Nevada
compositionDeterminedBy population-based districts
country United States
enacts Nevada Revised Statutes
function budget approval
lawmaking
oversight of the executive branch
governs State of Nevada
linked to: Nevada
hasPart Nevada Assembly
Nevada Senate
hasVotingSystem single-member districts
hasWebsite https://www.leg.state.nv.us/
house1 Nevada Assembly
house2 Nevada Senate
inception 1864
jurisdiction Nevada
languageOfWorkOrName English
legislativeBodyFor State of Nevada
linked to: Nevada
legislativeTermLengthLowerHouse 2 years
legislativeTermLengthUpperHouse 4 years
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Carson City, Nevada
linked to: Carson City
lowerHouse Nevada Assembly
meetingPlace Legislative Building (Carson City)
Nevada State Capitol
meetsIn Carson City, Nevada
linked to: Carson City
numberOfHouses 2
numberOfMembersLowerHouse 42
numberOfMembersUpperHouse 21
redistrictingBody Nevada Legislature
regularSessionLength 120 days
sessionType biennial
shortName Nevada Legislature
state Nevada
upperHouse Nevada Senate
votingSystemLowerHouse first-past-the-post
votingSystemUpperHouse first-past-the-post

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Nevada legislativeBody Nevada Legislature
Carson City hasLegislativeBody Nevada Legislature
Nevada Legislature shortName Nevada Legislature
Nevada Legislature alsoKnownAs Legislature of the State of Nevada
linked to: Nevada Legislature
Nevada Legislature redistrictingBody Nevada Legislature
Nevada Senate partOf Nevada Legislature
Nevada Senate redistrictedBy Nevada Legislature
Nevada Assembly partOf Nevada Legislature
University of Nevada, Las Vegas foundedBy Nevada Legislature
Mineral County, Nevada foundedBy Nevada Legislature
Constitution of the State of Nevada establishes bicameral Nevada Legislature
linked to: Nevada Legislature
Nevada Revised Statutes maintainedBy Nevada Legislature
Government of Nevada hasBranch Legislative branch of Nevada
linked to: Nevada Legislature
Government of Nevada legislativeBody Nevada Legislature
Nevada Senate District 14 governmentalBody Nevada Legislature
Nevada Assembly District 32 governmentalBody Nevada Legislature
Desert Research Institute foundedBy Nevada Legislature
State Route 375 designationBy Nevada State Legislature
linked to: Nevada Legislature