Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature

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The Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature is the elected lawmaker who leads and manages the proceedings of Nebraska’s unicameral state legislature.

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Label Occurrences
Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature canonical 2

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative leadership position ⓘ
presiding officer position ⓘ
state government office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Nebraska Legislature ⓘ
category Speakers of state legislatures in the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
distinguishingFeature presiding officer of the only unicameral state legislature in the United States ⓘ
electionTiming elected at the beginning of a legislative biennium ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver floor proceedings of the Nebraska Legislature ⓘ
recognition of senators during debate ⓘ
inception after adoption of unicameral legislature in Nebraska (1937) ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Nebraska ⓘ
linked to: Nebraska
legalBasis Nebraska state law ⓘ
rules of the Nebraska Legislature ⓘ
legislativeBody Nebraska Legislature ⓘ
Nebraska Unicameral Legislature ⓘ
linked to: The Unicameral
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Lincoln, Nebraska ⓘ
officeHolderRequirement must be a member of the Nebraska Legislature ⓘ
must be elected senator from a legislative district in Nebraska ⓘ
officeType elected office ⓘ
presiding officer of a unicameral legislature ⓘ
organizationalContext nonpartisan legislature ⓘ
partOf Government of Nebraska ⓘ
reportsTo Nebraska Legislature as a whole ⓘ
residence typically resides in Nebraska legislative district represented by the officeholder ⓘ
role announces results of votes ⓘ
calls the Legislature to order ⓘ
coordinates legislative agenda ⓘ
interprets and enforces chamber rules ⓘ
maintains order in the chamber ⓘ
manages legislative proceedings ⓘ
may appoint certain committee chairs subject to rules ⓘ
may rule on points of order ⓘ
oversees daily schedule of the Legislature ⓘ
presides over floor debate ⓘ
recognizes members to speak ⓘ
refers bills to committees ⓘ
represents the Legislature in official functions ⓘ
seat Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by members of the Nebraska Legislature ⓘ
state Nebraska ⓘ
termLength typically two years ⓘ

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

Nebraska Legislature → hasPresidingOfficer → Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature ⓘ
Rules of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature → enforcedBy → Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature ⓘ