Florida House of Representatives

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The Florida House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Florida Legislature, responsible for creating state laws and representing Floridians through its elected members.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Florida Legislature ⓘ
state lower house ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Florida ⓘ
budgetRole shares responsibility for adopting the state budget ⓘ
canInitiate appropriations bills ⓘ
canIntroduce bills ⓘ
committeeSystem joint committees with the Florida Senate ⓘ
select committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
compositionCharacteristic partisan body ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the State of Florida ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electionCycle elections every two years ⓘ
electoralDistrictType single-member legislative districts ⓘ
establishedIn 1845 ⓘ
foundedWithEvent admission of Florida as a U.S. state ⓘ
governs statewide public policy in Florida ⓘ
hasOfficer Majority Leader ⓘ
Minority Leader ⓘ
Speaker pro tempore ⓘ
hasPower impeachment of certain state officials ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Florida Senate ⓘ
isLowerHouseOf Florida Legislature ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Florida ⓘ
linked to: Florida
legislativeType unicameral component of bicameral legislature ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Tallahassee, Florida ⓘ
meetsFrequency annually ⓘ
meetsIn Florida State Capitol ⓘ
numberOfMembers 120 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Florida Legislature ⓘ
passes state statutes ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House ⓘ
primaryFunction budget and appropriations ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch of Florida ⓘ
representation of Florida residents ⓘ
publishes House Journal ⓘ
redistrictingAuthority Florida Legislature ⓘ
sessionType regular session ⓘ
special session ⓘ
stateCapitolBuilding Florida State Capitol ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
termLimits 8 consecutive years ⓘ
termLimitsDetail 4 consecutive 2-year terms ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
single-member districts ⓘ
website https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/ ⓘ
worksWith Florida Senate ⓘ
Governor of Florida ⓘ

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House Rules (Florida House of Representatives) → adoptedBy → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
House Rules (Florida House of Representatives) → canBeAmendedBy → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Article III of the Florida Constitution → bindingOn → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Florida politics → lowerHouse → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Marco Rubio → legislativeBody → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Special Session C → hasChamber → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Florida Democratic Party → electoralFocus → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Florida House Appropriations Committee → partOf → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Florida House Appropriations Committee → legislativeChamber → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Jim Davis (Florida politician) → memberOf → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Jim Davis (Florida politician) → legislativeBody → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Republican Party members of the Florida House of Representatives → electorate → Florida House districts ⓘ
linked to: Florida House of Representatives
Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida → hasPart → House of Representatives of the Territory of Florida ⓘ
linked to: Florida House of Representatives
Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives → partOf → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives → presidesOver → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Samuel Pasco → servedIn → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Bob Graham → servedIn → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Florida House District 8 → legislativeBody → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Florida House District 8 → chamber → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Florida House District 8 → subdivisionOf → Florida House of Representatives districts ⓘ
linked to: Florida House of Representatives
Florida House District 8 → lowerLegislativeChamber → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
Florida → hasLegislativeBody → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
subject linked to: Florida, United States
Florida → lowerHouse → Florida House of Representatives ⓘ
subject linked to: Florida, United States