President of the Alaska Senate

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The President of the Alaska Senate is the presiding officer and leading legislative official of Alaska’s upper house, responsible for overseeing Senate proceedings and guiding its agenda.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
President of the Alaska Senate canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative office ⓘ
presiding officer role ⓘ
state government position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Alaska
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Alaska ⓘ
category Alaska state government positions ⓘ
State legislative speakers and presidents in the United States ⓘ
chamber upper house of the Alaska State Legislature ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Alaska State Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Constitution

rules of the Alaska Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
eligibleOfficeholder member of the Alaska Senate ⓘ
governmentLevel state ⓘ
inception 1959 ⓘ
inceptionReason creation of the State of Alaska and its legislature ⓘ
jurisdiction legislative matters within the State of Alaska ⓘ
legislativeBody Alaska Senate ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Alaska ⓘ
officeHolderRequirement must meet qualifications to be an Alaska state senator ⓘ
officeType presiding officer of a legislative chamber ⓘ
state legislative leadership position ⓘ
partOf Alaska Senate ⓘ
Alaska State Legislature ⓘ
precededBy presiding officer of the territorial Alaska Senate ⓘ
presidesOver Alaska Senate ⓘ
responsibility appointing members to certain Senate committees ⓘ
coordinating floor debate scheduling ⓘ
guiding the Senate’s legislative agenda ⓘ
maintaining order during Senate sessions ⓘ
overseeing Senate proceedings ⓘ
recognizing members to speak ⓘ
referring bills to committees ⓘ
representing the Alaska Senate in official functions ⓘ
ruling on points of order ⓘ
signing legislation passed by the Alaska Senate ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Juneau, Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Juneau
selectionMethod elected by members of the Alaska Senate ⓘ
termType varies according to internal Senate rules and political agreements ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Alaska Senate → hasLeader → President of the Alaska Senate ⓘ
subject linked to: Senate
Gary Stevens (politician) → positionHeld → President of the Alaska Senate ⓘ