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The Florida Legislature:
Assembly: It is a bicameral assembly constituted by the upper Senate House and the lower House of Representatives.
Purpose: To create, enact and direct laws, principles, directives and policies to govern the state of Florida. The laws are called chapter laws, slip laws, or session laws.
Location: Florida State Capitol Building at Tallahassee
Members: Total 160 members with 40 in the Senate and 120 in the House of Representatives
Term Limits: Senate – 2 terms; House – 4 terms
Assembly session: The Florida Legislature meets annually starting during March for 60 days consecutively
Chief Members: Senate President, House Speaker, Majority leader and Minority leader
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While "Congress" is what we call the national legislature, for each state we say, "the state legislature." Like in Congress, Florida's legislature has two sections: the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate.
The Florida Legislature meets for a 60-day "session" beginning in March of each year. When the legislators are in session, they debate making new laws or changing old ones. An idea for a law is called a "bill." Members of the legislature meet in committees to study the bills in detail. For example, a bill about students learning civics would likely go to the Senate Education Pre-K–12 Committee. That committee and a similar one in the House would study the bill in detail, edit it, and recommend to the rest of the legislature whether to pass it or drop it.
Florida students can work for the state legislature! Depending on a student's age, they may assist the legislators with handing out materials, sending messages, and other errands.
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