Illinois General Assembly

The Illinois General Assembly is the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Illinois and was created by the first state constitution in 1818. It consists of the House of Representatives from Illinois, which acts as the lower house, as well as the Illinois Senate as the upper house. The Illinois House of Representatives consists of 118 members who are elected from electoral districts with one member for a term of two years. The Illinois Senate is composed of 59 senators. To avoid a complete change of the membership of the Senate, elections to the Senate in the different districts in different years instead. But every ten years, after the census, the districts are re-cut, clean slate after a complete re-election, however, is inevitable. This results in terms of yield of different lengths: in some districts follow a two-year term, two four -year terms; in other follows a four-year term of office for two years and then another four years; follows in the remaining districts after two four -year terms, a two-year term.

The Illinois General Assembly will meet in Springfield Illinois State Capitol. Your first meeting day is the second Wednesday in January of each year. Its main tasks are the adoption of laws, the approval of the state budget, the confirmation of appointments to the positions of chief of state administration, the decision regarding changes to the Federal Constitution, and the adoption of amendments to the Constitution of Illinois. Furthermore, they may overrule a veto of the governor with a vote of at least three - fifths of each house.

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