How to Use legislature in a Sentence
legislature
noun- Each state has its own legislature.
- Our legislature passed a law requiring people to wear safety belts.
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The legislature changed the law in the late 1960s to make it the second Monday in August.
— Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023 -
The state legislature moved quickly to pass a bill to block the ban.
— Kinsey Crowley, The Courier-Journal, 24 June 2024 -
Thanks to Walz and Democrats in the state legislature, Minnesotans are fleeing the state in droves.
— Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024 -
The measure was placed on the ballot by the state legislature — the first time this has happened in the country.
— Matt Vasilogambros, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023 -
Yet the State legislature over the past eight years has done the opposite.
— Elizabeth Neumann, ABC News, 10 May 2023 -
In a letter to the board ahead of its Sept. 20 vote, Carr said the state legislature hadn't legally authorized the board to pass the rule.
— Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024 -
The rule does not carry the same weight as laws passed by Congress or state legislatures.
— David Hamilton, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024 -
The Act passed both chambers of the Illinois legislature on Jan. 10.
— CBS News, 20 Feb. 2023 -
Once passed in the budget, the pay raises still had to be approved by a committee in the legislature.
— The Editors, National Review, 18 Dec. 2023 -
But the speech during the filibuster must be connected to the bill the legislature is trying to pass.
— Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 11 May 2023 -
In past years, gun rights took center stage in the Kentucky legislature.
— Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 25 Mar. 2024 -
The bill passed the state legislature, but rideshare giants Uber and Lyft threatened to reduce their presence in the state because of it.
— Brian Schwartz, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2024 -
The law had been passed by a legislature under full GOP control.
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024 -
This issue will again come to a head soon, when the Israeli legislature votes on next year’s budget.
— Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024 -
The change would require action from the state legislature.
— Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024 -
Gutierrez spent 14 years in the legislature, most of that time in leadership roles.
— Daniel Gonzalez, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024 -
DeMarco went on to call for Orenstein to resign or for the state legislature to impeach the judge.
— Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024 -
The statement was signed by 21 members of the Montana state legislature.
— Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2023 -
During a speech to a joint session of the legislature, Noem said the U.S. was in a time of invasion, which was coming over the southern border.
— Greg Wehner, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2024 -
This means that the issue will need to be addressed within state legislatures.
— Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024 -
And his team is laser-focused on helping his party take control of the state legislature this year.
— Chuck Todd, NBC News, 12 July 2023 -
The legislature has considered a bill that sought to ban drag story hours, but it has been amended.
— Amy Beth Hanson, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Apr. 2023 -
Koenig introduced the measure as one of the first bills filed for the Missouri legislature’s 2023 session.
— María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2023 -
The Supreme Court could decide to restore the map that the Republicans drew or order the legislature to create a new map.
— Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 17 May 2023 -
People who want to sue the state need approval of the claims commissioner’s office and the legislature.
— Dave Collins, Fortune, 6 May 2024 -
But Republicans in the State legislature balked at the idea.
— Elizabeth Neumann, ABC News, 10 May 2023 -
It was filed in federal court and claims the practice violates the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection and its delegation of elections authority to state legislatures.
— Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024 -
Bacon is facing off in a rematch against Tony Vargas, a Democratic member of Nebraska's unicameral legislature.
— Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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