Colorado State Senate

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The Colorado State Senate is the upper chamber of the Colorado General Assembly, responsible for crafting and passing state laws alongside the Colorado House of Representatives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Colorado General Assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
state upper house ⓘ
authority Colorado Constitution ⓘ
Colorado Revised Statutes ⓘ
linked to: Colorado statutes
buildingStyle Neoclassical (Colorado State Capitol) ⓘ
coequalBranchWith Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
convenes annually ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electionCycle staggered terms ⓘ
employer Colorado state senators ⓘ
establishedBy Colorado Constitution of 1876 ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem joint committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasLowerHouse Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
hasOfficer Majority Leader of the Colorado State Senate ⓘ
Minority Leader of the Colorado State Senate ⓘ
President of the Colorado State Senate ⓘ
President pro tempore of the Colorado State Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Colorado
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
lastRedistrictedAfter 2020 United States Census ⓘ
legislativeChamber upper house ⓘ
locatedInCity Denver, Colorado ⓘ
meetsIn Colorado State Capitol ⓘ
memberOf National Conference of State Legislatures ⓘ
numberOfMembers 35 ⓘ
partOf Colorado General Assembly ⓘ
power confirming certain gubernatorial appointments ⓘ
enacting state statutes ⓘ
participating in state budget approval ⓘ
proposing constitutional amendments (subject to voter approval) ⓘ
precededBy Territorial Council of Colorado Territory ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
primaryFunction lawmaking ⓘ
publishes Senate Journal ⓘ
redistrictingBody Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission ⓘ
responsibility crafting state laws ⓘ
passing state laws ⓘ
sessionType regular sessions ⓘ
special sessions ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
state Colorado ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termLimits 2 consecutive terms ⓘ
typeOfLegislature bicameral ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://leg.colorado.gov/senate ⓘ

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Colorado General Assembly → hasPart → Colorado Senate ⓘ
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Colorado General Assembly → legislativeChamber → Colorado Senate ⓘ
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Colorado General Assembly → composition → Colorado Senate as upper chamber ⓘ
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Colorado State Capitol → occupant → Colorado Senate ⓘ
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Colorado House of Representatives → hasUpperHouse → Colorado Senate ⓘ
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Colorado Constitution → createsBody → Colorado Senate ⓘ
subject linked to: Colorado state constitution
linked to: Colorado State Senate
Mike Johnston → employer → Colorado State Senate ⓘ
Government of Colorado → upperHouse → Colorado Senate ⓘ
linked to: Colorado State Senate