Michigan Senate

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The Michigan Senate is the upper chamber of Michigan's bicameral state legislature, responsible for crafting and passing state laws alongside the Michigan House of Representatives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Michigan Legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
state upper house ⓘ
authority Michigan Compiled Laws ⓘ
linked to: Michigan statutes

Michigan Constitution ⓘ
budgetaryRole shares responsibility for enacting state budget ⓘ
buildingOwner State of Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Michigan
canHold special sessions when called under law ⓘ
coLegislativeBodyWith Michigan House of Representatives ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficerOffice Lieutenant Governor of Michigan ⓘ
electionCycle every 4 years ⓘ
electionType partisan elections ⓘ
establishedBy Michigan Constitution of 1850 ⓘ
hasChamberType upper house ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasLegislativeSession regular sessions ⓘ
hasPower advise and consent on certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
approve state budget ⓘ
enact state statutes ⓘ
override gubernatorial vetoes with required majority ⓘ
propose constitutional amendments ⓘ
impeachmentRole tries impeachments brought by the Michigan House of Representatives ⓘ
isBicameralPartner Michigan House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Michigan
language English ⓘ
legislativeProcessRole crafting state laws ⓘ
passing state laws ⓘ
majorityLeaderTitle Senate Majority Leader ⓘ
meetingCity Lansing, Michigan ⓘ
meetsIn Michigan State Capitol ⓘ
membersRepresent single-member districts ⓘ
minorityLeaderTitle Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
numberOfMembers 38 ⓘ
oversightFunction conducts hearings and investigations ⓘ
partOf Michigan Legislature ⓘ
predecessor Territorial Council of Michigan ⓘ
presidingOfficerIs Lieutenant Governor of Michigan ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
redistrictingBody Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission ⓘ
sealUsed Seal of the Michigan Senate ⓘ
sessionLocation Senate Chamber, Michigan State Capitol ⓘ
state Michigan ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termLimits 2 terms ⓘ
termLimitsTotalYears 8 years ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://www.senate.michigan.gov ⓘ
linked to: Michigan Senate

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Government of Michigan → hasLegislativeChamber → Michigan Senate ⓘ
subject linked to: government of Michigan
William G. Milliken → legislativeBody → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → hasLegislativeBody → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → legislatureUpperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → hasUpperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → upperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → hasUpperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → upperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → upperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → hasLegislativeBody → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → upperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan → hasLegislativeBody → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Charles Diggs → office contested → Michigan State Senate ⓘ
subject linked to: Congressman Charles Diggs
linked to: Michigan Senate
Legislative branch of Michigan → hasPart → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan Legislature → hasPart → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan Legislature → upperHouse → Michigan Senate ⓘ
Michigan Senate → website → https://www.senate.michigan.gov ⓘ
linked to: Michigan Senate