state senate
Provincial legislative body
A state senate is the upper chamber of a state legislature in the United States, modeled on the federal Senate.
Most states have bicameral legislatures with a senate and a house of representatives or assembly.
State senators typically serve longer terms than their house counterparts and represent larger districts: She's running for state senate in the fall.
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
- billAmount owed, written
- budget billLegislation setting government expenditures
- amendmentChange to official text
- roll call voteVoting by individual announcement
vote · quorum · filibuster threat · statehouse · committee · confirmation hearing · redistricting · debate · term limits · minority leader · partisanship · swing district · senator · lobbying · grassroots movement · constituent services · law · bicameral
- legislaturebill, senators, senator, legislators, representative
- California governmentlegislature, executive branch, judicial branch, governor, lieutenant governor
- Hawaii Governmentlieutenant governor, attorney general, judiciary, county government, Department of Education
- state governmentgovernor's office, legislature, lieutenant governor, attorney general, departments
- state lawconstitutional law, statutes, legislative acts, acts, bills
- State Legislaturesgeneral assembly, legislative session, statehouse, chamber, assemblyman
state senateUnited States Senate
Federal legislative chamber
U.S. Senate · Congress · federal legislature · national legislature · city council
state senatestate assembly
Regional legislative chamber
state house · lower house · general assembly · lower chamber · state legislature
state senategovernor
State's chief executive
governor's office · state supreme court · executive branch · state courts · attorney general