Utah State Legislature

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The Utah State Legislature is the bicameral lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Utah, consisting of the Utah House of Representatives and the Utah Senate.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state legislature ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Utah ⓘ
canBeCalledInto special session by the governor ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article VI of the Utah Constitution ⓘ
convenes annual general session ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electoralSystem single-member districts ⓘ
elects its own leadership in each chamber ⓘ
establishedBy Utah Constitution ⓘ
generalSessionLength 45 calendar days ⓘ
governs statewide public policy in Utah ⓘ
hasAuthority levy state taxes ⓘ
propose constitutional amendments to Utah Constitution ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem interim committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasLowerHouse Utah House of Representatives ⓘ
hasMajorityParty Republican Party (typically) ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Utah Senate ⓘ
linked to: Utah State Senate
houseType lower house ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Utah ⓘ
linked to: Utah
language English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Utah ⓘ
legislativeChamber Utah House of Representatives ⓘ
Utah Senate ⓘ
linked to: Utah State Senate
location Salt Lake City, Utah ⓘ
linked to: Salt Lake City
meetsIn House Chamber of the Utah State Capitol ⓘ
linked to: Utah State Capitol

Salt Lake County, Utah ⓘ
linked to: Salt Lake County

Senate Chamber of the Utah State Capitol ⓘ
linked to: Utah State Capitol

Utah State Capitol ⓘ
minorityParty Democratic Party (typically) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
oversees redistricting for Utah legislative and congressional districts ⓘ
partOf government of Utah ⓘ
linked to: Government of Utah
passes state statutes ⓘ
power override gubernatorial veto with supermajority ⓘ
regulates state civil law ⓘ
state criminal law ⓘ
statewide education policy (subject to constitutional limits) ⓘ
responsibleFor adopting state budget ⓘ
appropriating state funds ⓘ
enacting state laws ⓘ
sessionType part-time legislature ⓘ
state Utah ⓘ
supervises state agencies (through legislation and oversight) ⓘ
termLimits no term limits for legislators ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://le.utah.gov ⓘ

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

Utah State Capitol → houses → Utah State Legislature ⓘ
Utah State Capitol → houses → Utah House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to: Utah State Legislature
Utah Transit Authority → foundedBy → Utah State Legislature ⓘ
Wayne County, Utah → stateLegislativeBody → Utah State Legislature ⓘ
Pioneer Day → legislativeBody → Utah State Legislature ⓘ
Government of Utah → hasPart → Legislative branch of Utah ⓘ
linked to: Utah State Legislature
Government of Utah → governingBody → Utah State Legislature ⓘ
Government of Utah → legislativeBody → Utah State Legislature ⓘ
Utah Attorney General’s Office → providesLegalCounselTo → Utah Legislature ⓘ
linked to: Utah State Legislature
Utah State Treasurer’s Office → collaboratesWith → Utah State Legislature ⓘ
Utah State Senate → partOf → Utah State Legislature ⓘ
Utah System of Higher Education → worksWith → Utah state legislature ⓘ
subject linked to: USHE
linked to: Utah State Legislature
Utah Court of Appeals → createdBy → Utah Legislature ⓘ
linked to: Utah State Legislature
Utah congressional delegation → coordinatesWith → Utah State Legislature ⓘ
Blue Hills → stateLevelRepresentation → Utah State Legislature ⓘ
Utah State Board of Education → worksWith → Utah State Legislature ⓘ