Wyoming Legislature

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The Wyoming Legislature is the bicameral state legislative body of Wyoming, responsible for creating state laws through its House of Representatives and Senate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
state legislature ⓘ
appliesLegalSystem common law system of Wyoming ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Wyoming ⓘ
branchOf Government of Wyoming ⓘ
canOverride gubernatorial veto (with sufficient majority) ⓘ
compositionDeterminedBy elections ⓘ
convenes regular sessions ⓘ
special sessions (when called) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electorate residents of Wyoming ⓘ
establishedBy Wyoming Constitution ⓘ
governingDocument Wyoming Constitution ⓘ
hasAuthority appropriate state funds ⓘ
confirm certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
create state statutes ⓘ
hasChamber lower house ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
hasMember state representative ⓘ
state senator ⓘ
hasPart Wyoming House of Representatives ⓘ
Wyoming Senate ⓘ
hasRole represent Wyoming citizens in lawmaking ⓘ
houseType bicameral ⓘ
jurisdiction Wyoming state law ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor State of Wyoming ⓘ
linked to: Wyoming
legislativeFunction enacts state laws ⓘ
levies state taxes ⓘ
oversees state agencies ⓘ
passes state budget ⓘ
proposes constitutional amendments ⓘ
legislatureType part-time legislature ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Laramie County, Wyoming ⓘ
linked to: Laramie County
lowerHouse Wyoming House of Representatives ⓘ
meetingPlace Wyoming State Capitol ⓘ
meetsIn Cheyenne, Wyoming ⓘ
linked to: Cheyenne
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
oversees executive branch of Wyoming (through oversight powers) ⓘ
partOf political system of Wyoming ⓘ
responsibleFor redistricting of legislative districts (subject to law and constitution) ⓘ
sessionLocation Cheyenne ⓘ
state Wyoming ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction subnational ⓘ
upperHouse Wyoming Senate ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://wyoleg.gov ⓘ

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

Wyoming → legislature → Wyoming Legislature ⓘ
Wyoming Senate → partOf → Wyoming State Legislature ⓘ
linked to: Wyoming Legislature
Wyoming Senate → redistrictingBody → Wyoming Legislature ⓘ
Wyoming House of Representatives → partOf → Wyoming State Legislature ⓘ
linked to: Wyoming Legislature
Wyoming House of Representatives → isChamberOf → Wyoming State Legislature ⓘ
linked to: Wyoming Legislature
Francis E. Warren → servedIn → Wyoming State Legislature ⓘ
linked to: Wyoming Legislature
State of Wyoming government → branch → Legislative branch of Wyoming ⓘ
linked to: Wyoming Legislature
State of Wyoming government → legislature → Wyoming Legislature ⓘ
Wyoming state law → createdBy → Wyoming Legislature ⓘ
Wyoming state law → hasLegislativeBody → Wyoming Legislature ⓘ
Wyoming Constitution → createsOffice → Wyoming Legislature ⓘ
Wyoming Constitution → bindingOn → Wyoming Legislature ⓘ
Wyoming state highways → regulatingAuthority → Wyoming Legislature ⓘ
Wyoming Territorial Legislature → replacedBy → Wyoming State Legislature ⓘ
linked to: Wyoming Legislature
Wyoming Territorial Legislature → replacedBy → Wyoming Legislature ⓘ