Louisiana State Legislature

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The Louisiana State Legislature is the bicameral lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Louisiana, responsible for enacting state laws and shaping public policy through its Senate and House of Representatives.

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instanceOf bicameral legislature
state legislature
appliesToJurisdiction Louisiana
authorityDerivedFrom Constitution of Louisiana
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Louisiana
budgetCycle annual state budget
canOverrideVetoOf Governor of Louisiana
convenesIn regular session
special session
country United States of America
electoralDistrictType single-member districts
establishedInYear 1812
follows Louisiana Constitution
governs state public policy in Louisiana
hasLowerHouse Louisiana House of Representatives
hasNumberOfHouses 2
hasPart Louisiana House of Representatives
Louisiana State Senate
hasSessionType fiscal session
general session
hasUpperHouse Louisiana State Senate
houseLeaderTitleLowerHouse Speaker of the House
houseLeaderTitleUpperHouse President of the Senate
languageOfWorkOrName English
legislativeBodyFor Louisiana
legislativeProcess bill passage by both houses and governor’s approval or veto override
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Baton Rouge, Louisiana
meetsIn Baton Rouge, Louisiana
meetsInBuilding Louisiana State Capitol
numberOfMembers 144
numberOfMembersInLowerHouse 105
numberOfMembersInUpperHouse 39
partOf government of Louisiana
precededBy Territorial legislature of Orleans Territory
regulates state civil law and criminal law in Louisiana
responsibleFor adopting the state budget
enacting state laws
levying state taxes
oversight of the executive branch
proposing constitutional amendments
seat Louisiana State Capitol
subclassOf bicameral legislature in the United States
termLengthForRepresentatives 4 years
termLengthForSenators 4 years
termLimits 3 consecutive 4-year terms in each chamber
vetoOverrideRequirement two-thirds vote of each house
votingSystem first-past-the-post
website https://legis.la.gov

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