Hawaii State Legislature

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The Hawaii State Legislature is the bicameral lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Hawaii, consisting of the Hawaii House of Representatives and the Hawaii Senate.

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
state legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Hawaii ⓘ
authority Constitution of the State of Hawaii ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Hawaii ⓘ
budgetaryControl State of Hawaii budget ⓘ
canOverride vetoes by the Governor of Hawaii ⓘ
composition Hawaii House of Representatives as lower chamber ⓘ
Hawaii Senate as upper chamber ⓘ
convenesAt Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electoralTerm fixed terms for senators and representatives ⓘ
elects officers of each chamber ⓘ
establishedForJurisdiction State of Hawaii ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii
governs statewide public policy in Hawaii ⓘ
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver state agencies of Hawaii ⓘ
hasPart Hawaii House of Representatives ⓘ
Hawaii Senate ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii State Senate
hasWebsite https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/ ⓘ
houseType upper house and lower house ⓘ
inception 1959 ⓘ
jurisdiction state law within Hawaii ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor State of Hawaii ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii
legislativeChamber Hawaii House of Representatives ⓘ
Hawaii Senate ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii State Senate
legislativeProcess bill passage, committee review, floor vote ⓘ
legislatureType part-time legislature ⓘ
location Honolulu, Hawaii ⓘ
mainFunction approve state budget ⓘ
enact state laws ⓘ
levy state taxes ⓘ
provide legislative oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
meetsIn Hawaii State Capitol ⓘ
meetsInCapital Honolulu ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
oversees implementation of state laws in Hawaii ⓘ
partOf government of Hawaii ⓘ
passes state statutes of Hawaii ⓘ
regulates matters reserved to states under the U.S. Constitution within Hawaii ⓘ
replaces Territorial Legislature of Hawaii ⓘ
sessionType regular sessions and special sessions ⓘ
subordinateTo Constitution of the United States ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post in single-member districts ⓘ

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Kaneohe → stateLegislativeBody → Hawaii State Legislature ⓘ
Hawaii State Capitol → houses → Hawaii State Legislature ⓘ
Hawaii State Capitol → houses → Hawaii House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii State Legislature
Hawaii Natural Area Reserves System → establishedBy → Hawaii State Legislature ⓘ
Government of Hawaii → hasBranch → Legislative branch of Hawaii ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii State Legislature
Government of Hawaii → legislativeBody → Hawaii State Legislature ⓘ
Hawaii State Senate → partOf → Hawaii State Legislature ⓘ
Hawaii Revised Statutes → maintainedBy → Hawaii Legislature ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii State Legislature
Office of Hawaiian Affairs → advocatesIn → Hawaii State Legislature ⓘ
subject linked to: OHA
Hawaii House of Representatives → partOf → Hawaii State Legislature ⓘ
Hawaii House of Representatives → isLowerHouseOf → Hawaii State Legislature ⓘ
Palolo Valley → stateLegislativeDistrict → Hawaii House of Representatives District 20 ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii State Legislature
Territorial Legislature of Hawaii → replacedBy → Hawaii State Legislature ⓘ
Territorial Legislature of Hawaii → followedBy → Hawaii State Legislature ⓘ