WA House

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WA House is the commonly used abbreviation for the Washington House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Washington State Legislature.

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WA House canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of bicameral legislature ⓘ
state lower house ⓘ
authority Article II of the Washington State Constitution ⓘ
building Legislative Building ⓘ
canBeCalledIntoSpecialSessionBy Governor of Washington ⓘ
city Olympia, Washington ⓘ
constitutionallyEstablishedBy Washington State Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electoralDistrictBasis single-member geographic districts with two representatives each ⓘ
elects Speaker Pro Tempore ⓘ
linked to: Speaker pro tempore

Speaker of the House ⓘ
chief clerk ⓘ
establishedInYear 1889 ⓘ
fullName Washington House of Representatives ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Washington State Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Washington ⓘ
legislativeBodyType lower house ⓘ
legislativeFunction enacts state statutes ⓘ
levies state taxes ⓘ
oversees state agencies ⓘ
passes state budget ⓘ
legislativeProcess bills must pass both houses and be signed by the governor or passed over veto ⓘ
meetingPlace Washington State Capitol ⓘ
membersPerDistrict 2 ⓘ
minimumMemberAge 18 years (de facto, based on voter eligibility) ⓘ
numberOfLegislativeDistricts 49 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 98 ⓘ
oversightMechanism joint legislative committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
partOf Washington State Legislature ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
redistrictingAuthority Washington State Redistricting Commission ⓘ
regularSessionLengthEvenYears 60 days ⓘ
regularSessionLengthOddYears 105 days ⓘ
responsibility confirms certain gubernatorial appointments jointly with the Senate ⓘ
initiates revenue legislation ⓘ
sessionType biennial sessions ⓘ
sharesPowerWith Washington State Senate ⓘ
shortName WA House ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
termLimits no term limits ⓘ
votingEligibility members elected by popular vote ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://leg.wa.gov/House ⓘ

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