Iowa State Senate

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Legislative body
gptkbp:approves Governor's appointments
gptkbp:can_be Governor's veto
gptkbp:canAllocate State funds
gptkbp:canBe Special sessions
Existing laws
State matters
gptkbp:canCreate New laws
On various issues
gptkbp:canEstablish State agencies
Emergency legislation
gptkbp:commander President_of_the_Senate
gptkbp:composedOf Senators
gptkbp:electionYear Even-numbered years
gptkbp:established State laws
gptkbp:hasFacility Districts
gptkbp:hasFilm Legislative documents
gptkbp:hasHistoricalSignificance State governance
gptkbp:hasLegalStatus State constitution
Regular and special sessions
Two sessions per year
Long-standing institution
gptkbp:hasMajorCity Simple majority
gptkbp:hasMember Various committees
Special committees
gptkbp:hasPublications Citizen participation
gptkbp:hasTeam 4 years
gptkbp:hasVariants Legislative duties
gptkbp:hasWebsite https://www.legis.iowa.gov/
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Iowa State Senate
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Bill_Dix
gptkb:Jake_Chapman
gptkbp:mayHave Treaties
Taxes
Investigations
Amendments
State officials
By members
gptkbp:meets gptkb:Des_Moines,_Iowa
Weekly
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 50
gptkbp:oversees State budget
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Iowa_General_Assembly
gptkbp:performances Public hearings
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:powers Enumerated powers
gptkbp:provides Oversight of state agencies
gptkbp:represents Iowa_citizens
gptkbp:responsibleFor State legislation
gptkbp:session Annual sessions
gptkbp:userReviews Executive actions
gptkbp:voterTurnout Publicly available
Majority vote
gptkbp:wasEstablishedIn 1846
gptkbp:worksWith gptkb:Iowa_House_of_Representatives