The Texas Legislature

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Legislature
gptkbp:action State laws
gptkbp:can_be Governor's veto
gptkbp:canAllocate State funds
gptkbp:canBe Special sessions
gptkbp:canCreate State agencies
gptkbp:canEstablish State taxes
gptkbp:composedOf gptkb:Texas_House_of_Representatives
gptkb:Texas_Senate
gptkbp:hasCitations Every two years
gptkbp:hasFacility Citizens_of_Texas
gptkbp:hasHistoricalSignificance Established in 1836
Legislative journals
gptkbp:hasLegalStatus Even-numbered years for special sessions
Odd-numbered years
gptkbp:hasMember Lieutenant Governor
Various committees
Speaker_of_the_House
181 members
gptkbp:hasPublications Legislative records
gptkbp:hasTeam 2 years
gptkbp:hasTheme True
Regular sessions
Special sessions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Texas Legislature
gptkbp:isAvenueFor Citizen engagement
gptkbp:isDividedInto Districts
gptkbp:isEngagedIn True
gptkbp:isExpectedTo Texas_voters
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy Lobbyists
National politics
gptkbp:isInvolvedIn Public policy debates
gptkbp:isKnownFor Controversial legislation
gptkbp:isMonitoredBy Media
gptkbp:isPartOf State government
Texas_history
gptkbp:isResponsibleFor Redistricting
gptkbp:isSubjectTo Federal laws
Open Meetings Act
Public Information Act
Voter approval for amendments
gptkbp:mayHave Treaties
Local governments
State officials
Appointments by the Governor
Amendments_to_the_Constitution
gptkbp:meets gptkb:Austin,_Texas
gptkbp:oversees State budget
gptkbp:powers Taxation
Education policy
Transportation policy
Health care policy
Criminal justice policy
gptkbp:voterTurnout Majority vote required
gptkbp:wasEstablishedIn gptkb:Texas_Constitution