The Unicameral

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The Unicameral is the unique single-chamber, nonpartisan state legislature of Nebraska, often highlighted as the only one of its kind in the United States.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
The Unicameral canonical 2
Unicameral 2
Nebraska Unicameral Legislature 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nonpartisan legislature ⓘ
state legislature ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
committeeSystem standing committees ⓘ
commonName The Unicameral ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Nebraska Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
establishedAsUnicameral 1937 ⓘ
evenNumberedYearSessionLength 60 legislative days ⓘ
inspiredBy U.S. Senator George W. Norris ⓘ
linked to: George W. Norris
jurisdiction State of Nebraska ⓘ
linked to: Nebraska
language English ⓘ
leadershipPosition Executive Board of the Legislative Council ⓘ
Speaker of the Legislature ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf State of Nebraska ⓘ
linked to: Nebraska
location Lincoln, Nebraska ⓘ
lowerHouseAbolished Nebraska House of Representatives ⓘ
meetsIn Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
memberTitle state senator ⓘ
nonpartisanBallotFeature candidates appear on ballot without party labels ⓘ
numberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 49 ⓘ
oddNumberedYearSessionLength 90 legislative days ⓘ
officialName Nebraska Legislature ⓘ
oversightOf executive branch of Nebraska ⓘ
partisanship officially nonpartisan ⓘ
power confirms certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
enacts state laws for Nebraska ⓘ
passes the state budget of Nebraska ⓘ
previousStructure bicameral legislature ⓘ
publicHearingRequirement every bill receives a public hearing ⓘ
reasonForNonpartisanship to reduce party influence in state lawmaking ⓘ
reformApprovedByVoters 1934 ⓘ
sessionType annual regular sessions ⓘ
state Nebraska ⓘ
structure unicameral ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termLimits 2 consecutive terms ⓘ
uniqueFeature only officially nonpartisan state legislature in the United States ⓘ
only unicameral state legislature in the United States ⓘ
upperHouseAbolished Nebraska Senate ⓘ
votingSystem nonpartisan blanket primary followed by top-two general election ⓘ
website https://nebraskalegislature.gov/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Nebraska Legislature → hasMotto → The Unicameral ⓘ
Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature → legislativeBody → Nebraska Unicameral Legislature ⓘ
linked to: The Unicameral
The Unicameral → commonName → The Unicameral ⓘ
Nebraska → legislatureAlsoKnownAs → Unicameral ⓘ
subject linked to: present-day Nebraska
linked to: The Unicameral
Nebraska → legislatureAlsoKnownAs → Unicameral ⓘ
linked to: The Unicameral