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