chamber of the Texas House of Representatives

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The chamber of the Texas House of Representatives is the main legislative hall in the Texas State Capitol where the 150-member House convenes to debate and pass state laws.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government building interior space ⓘ
legislative chamber ⓘ
access restricted floor access for members and staff ⓘ
adjacentTo House committee rooms ⓘ
offices of the Speaker of the Texas House ⓘ
architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival (interior consistent with Texas State Capitol) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
floor second floor of the Texas State Capitol ⓘ
function debate of state laws ⓘ
holding legislative sessions ⓘ
legislative deliberation ⓘ
voting on legislation ⓘ
governingBody Texas Legislature ⓘ
hasFeature clerk’s desk ⓘ
electronic voting board ⓘ
member desks arranged in semicircular pattern ⓘ
podium for presiding officer ⓘ
press gallery ⓘ
public gallery ⓘ
rostrum for the Speaker of the Texas House ⓘ
hasSeatingArea gallery for invited guests ⓘ
gallery for media ⓘ
gallery for visitors ⓘ
hasSymbol display of the Texas flag ⓘ
display of the United States flag ⓘ
house lower house ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas
language English ⓘ
legislativeBodyType lower chamber ⓘ
locatedIn Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Austin

Texas ⓘ
Texas State Capitol ⓘ
maintainedBy Texas Facilities Commission ⓘ
meets Texas House of Representatives ⓘ
numberOfLegislatorsSeated 150 ⓘ
occupantCapacity 150 members ⓘ
ownedBy State of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas
partOf Texas State Capitol ⓘ
primaryUse daytime legislative sessions ⓘ
publicAccess public allowed in galleries during sessions ⓘ
seats 150 desks for representatives ⓘ
secondaryUse ceremonial events ⓘ
security protected by Texas Department of Public Safety ⓘ
usedBy Texas House of Representatives ⓘ
usedDuring regular sessions of the Texas Legislature ⓘ
special sessions of the Texas Legislature ⓘ
usedFor consideration of bills and resolutions ⓘ
passage of state laws ⓘ
public legislative proceedings ⓘ

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

Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives → meetsAt → chamber of the Texas House of Representatives ⓘ
Texas House of Representatives district (Harris County area) → hasRepresentationIn → Texas House of Representatives chamber in Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to: chamber of the Texas House of Representatives