Legislative branch of Georgia

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The Legislative branch of Georgia is the state’s lawmaking body, composed of elected representatives who create, debate, and pass state legislation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
state legislative branch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Georgia General Assembly ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
branchOfGovernment State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
canHold special legislative sessions ⓘ
canOverrideVetoOf Governor of Georgia ⓘ
checksAndBalancesWith Executive branch of Georgia ⓘ
Judicial branch of Georgia ⓘ
composedOf elected representatives ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the State of Georgia ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electorate registered voters of Georgia ⓘ
elects President Pro Tempore of the Georgia State Senate ⓘ
Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives ⓘ
governs statewide public policy in Georgia ⓘ
hasPart Georgia House of Representatives ⓘ
Georgia State Senate ⓘ
isBicameral true ⓘ
isPartOf Government of Georgia (U.S. state) ⓘ
legislativeBody Georgia General Assembly ⓘ
legislativeProcess bill introduction ⓘ
committee consideration ⓘ
conference committee (if needed) ⓘ
floor debate ⓘ
floor vote ⓘ
presentation to Governor of Georgia ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state ⓘ
location Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta
lowerHouse Georgia House of Representatives ⓘ
mainFunction amend state laws ⓘ
approve state budget ⓘ
create state laws ⓘ
levy state taxes ⓘ
repeal state laws ⓘ
represent residents of Georgia ⓘ
meetsIn Georgia State Capitol ⓘ
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
oversees state agencies through legislative oversight ⓘ
power confirm certain executive appointments (Senate) ⓘ
enact statutes for the State of Georgia ⓘ
propose constitutional amendments (state) ⓘ
responsibleFor redistricting within Georgia ⓘ
sessionType regular legislative sessions ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse 2 years ⓘ
termLengthUpperHouse 2 years ⓘ
upperHouse Georgia State Senate ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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

Judicial branch of Georgia → coequalWith → Legislative branch of Georgia ⓘ
Executive branch of the Government of Georgia → branchCoordinateWith → Legislative branch of the Government of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Legislative branch of Georgia