Idaho Senate

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The Idaho Senate is the upper chamber of Idaho's state legislature, responsible for crafting and voting on state laws alongside the Idaho House of Representatives.

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Idaho Senate canonical 6
Idaho State Senate 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
state upper house
appointmentConfirmationScope certain gubernatorial appointments
authority Idaho Constitution
budgetaryPower shares responsibility for passing state budget
building Idaho State Capitol
canOverrideVeto yes
coLegislativeBody Idaho House of Representatives
committeeSystem uses standing committees
comparesTo upper houses of other U.S. state legislatures
confirmsAppointments yes
constitutionalStatus coequal chamber with Idaho House of Representatives
country United States
electionCycle even-numbered years
establishedBy Idaho Constitution of 1890
governs statewide public policy in Idaho
hasLowerHouse Idaho House of Representatives
impeachmentRole tries impeachments
impeachmentTrialsOf Idaho state officials
jurisdiction State of Idaho
linked to: Idaho
languageOfWorkOrName English
legislativeChamber upper house
legislativeProcessRole crafting state laws
voting on state laws
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Boise, Idaho
meetsIn Idaho State Capitol
membersElectedFrom single-member districts
memberTitle State Senator
numberOfLegislativeDistrictsRepresented 35
numberOfMembers 35
partOf Idaho State Legislature
linked to: Idaho Legislature
presidingOfficerTitle President Pro Tempore
President of the Senate
redistrictingRole participates in legislative redistricting by statute
sealOrLogoUsed Seal of the State of Idaho
sessionType biennial regular sessions
state Idaho
termLength 2 years
termLimits no term limits
typeOfLegislature part-time legislature
vetoOverrideRequirement two-thirds majority in each chamber
votingSystem first-past-the-post
website https://legislature.idaho.gov/senate/

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Idaho Legislature hasPart Idaho Senate
Idaho Legislature upperHouse Idaho Senate
Mike Crapo servedIn Idaho State Senate
linked to: Idaho Senate
Idaho Legislature hasHouse Idaho Senate
subject linked to: State of Idaho government