Minnesota House of Representatives

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The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Minnesota’s state legislature, responsible for creating and passing state laws alongside the Minnesota Senate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf state lower house ⓘ
building Minnesota State Capitol House Chamber ⓘ
canCall special session (with governor or legislative agreement) ⓘ
canOverrideVetoWith two-thirds majority in each chamber of the Minnesota Legislature ⓘ
coLegislativeBody Minnesota Senate ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article IV of the Minnesota Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electionCycle every 2 years ⓘ
electoralDistrictBasis single-member districts ⓘ
elects Majority Leader ⓘ
Minority Leader ⓘ
Speaker of the House ⓘ
establishedIn 1858 ⓘ
follows Minnesota Constitution ⓘ
governs matters of state law in Minnesota ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver appropriations legislation in Minnesota ⓘ
education policy legislation in Minnesota ⓘ
health and human services legislation in Minnesota ⓘ
public safety legislation in Minnesota ⓘ
taxation legislation in Minnesota ⓘ
transportation legislation in Minnesota ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem standing committees ⓘ
hasRules Rules of the Minnesota House of Representatives ⓘ
hasSession regular session ⓘ
hasSpeaker Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Minnesota Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Minnesota
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeChamber lower house ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Saint Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Saint Paul
meetsIn House Chamber of the Minnesota State Capitol ⓘ
Minnesota State Capitol ⓘ
numberOfMembers 134 ⓘ
partOf Minnesota Legislature ⓘ
passesWith simple majority of members present ⓘ
redistrictingBody Minnesota Legislature ⓘ
role approves state budget ⓘ
oversees state agencies ⓘ
passes state laws ⓘ
proposes legislation ⓘ
represents Minnesota legislative districts ⓘ
state Minnesota ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature part-time legislature ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://www.house.mn.gov/ ⓘ

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Minnesota Legislature → hasPart → Minnesota House of Representatives ⓘ
Minnesota Legislature → lowerHouse → Minnesota House of Representatives ⓘ
Minnesota Legislature → composition → Minnesota House of Representatives ⓘ
Minnesota Territorial Legislature → hasPart → House of Representatives of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature ⓘ
linked to: Minnesota House of Representatives
Minnesota Territorial Legislature → replacedByBody → Minnesota House of Representatives ⓘ
Minnesota Constitution → establishes → Minnesota House of Representatives ⓘ
Government of Minnesota → lowerHouse → Minnesota House of Representatives ⓘ
Minnesota Senate → sharesLegislativePowerWith → Minnesota House of Representatives ⓘ
Minnesota Senate → coLegislativeBody → Minnesota House of Representatives ⓘ
Tom Osthoff → employer → Minnesota House of Representatives ⓘ
Ray Dehn → memberOf → Minnesota House of Representatives ⓘ