MS Senate

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MS Senate is the commonly used abbreviation for the Mississippi State Senate, the upper chamber of the Mississippi Legislature responsible for creating and passing state laws.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
MS Senate canonical 2
Miss. Senate 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mississippi government agency ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
state upper house ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Mississippi ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom Constitution of the State of Mississippi ⓘ
budgetaryPower shares with Mississippi House of Representatives ⓘ
buildingOwner State of Mississippi ⓘ
canIntroduce bills ⓘ
canOverrideVeto yes, with required supermajority ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electionInterval every 4 years ⓘ
electoralDistrictType single-member districts ⓘ
establishedInPeriod 19th century ⓘ
fullName Mississippi State Senate ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasOfficer President Pro Tempore of the Mississippi Senate ⓘ
hasSisterChamber Mississippi House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Mississippi ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeChamber upper house ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
meetsIn Mississippi State Capitol ⓘ
meetsInSessionType regular sessions ⓘ
special sessions ⓘ
meetsInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
memberTitle state senator ⓘ
numberOfMembers 52 ⓘ
oversees state public policy areas through standing committees ⓘ
partOf Mississippi Legislature ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi ⓘ
primaryFunction advice and consent on certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
state budget approval ⓘ
responsibleFor confirming certain executive appointments ⓘ
enacting state statutes ⓘ
participating in the state budget process ⓘ
sessionLocation Senate chamber of the Mississippi State Capitol ⓘ
shortName MS Senate ⓘ
Miss. Senate ⓘ
linked to: MS Senate
state Mississippi ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termLimits no term limits ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://www.legislature.ms.gov/senate ⓘ

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

MS Senate → shortName → MS Senate ⓘ
MS Senate → shortName → Miss. Senate ⓘ
linked to: MS Senate