as in parliaments
a group of people with the power to make or change laws
Our legislature passed a law requiring people to wear safety belts. Each state has its own legislature. state legislatures
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Recent Examples of legislatures
Thousands of anti-LGBTQ bills were filed in state legislatures across the country, with many of them targeting transgender Americans specifically, according to tallies by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Three state legislatures — those of Hawaii, Iowa and Missouri — will welcome their first out trans members with Kim Coco Iwamoto, Aime Wichtendahl and Wick Thomas, respectively.
—Sarah Prager, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Voters will vote on constitutional amendments referred by legislatures to prohibit state or localities from allowing noncitizen voting.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
This cycle, voters in 41 states will have at least one measure on their ballot either generated by citizens or referred by the legislatures.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Accordingly, James Madison of Virginia revised the article of the Constitution to provide that the state legislatures shall merely direct the appointment of electors.
—Jane E. Calvert / Made By History, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Right-wing Presidents and legislatures are elected, even as one barrier after another has fallen on the traditionalist front of manners and mores.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
There's a lot of great work that's been done at the federal, state and local level to prevent the chaos that ensued after 2020, the COVID election year, when all the states were changing their laws and regulations without the legislatures approving that.
—CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
Obviously, everyone knows the legislatures weren't meeting in 2020 because of COVID.
—CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Three state legislatures — those of Hawaii, Iowa and Missouri — will welcome their first out trans members with Kim Coco Iwamoto, Aime Wichtendahl and Wick Thomas, respectively.
—Sarah Prager, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Voters will vote on constitutional amendments referred by legislatures to prohibit state or localities from allowing noncitizen voting.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
This cycle, voters in 41 states will have at least one measure on their ballot either generated by citizens or referred by the legislatures.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Accordingly, James Madison of Virginia revised the article of the Constitution to provide that the state legislatures shall merely direct the appointment of electors.
—Jane E. Calvert / Made By History, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Right-wing Presidents and legislatures are elected, even as one barrier after another has fallen on the traditionalist front of manners and mores.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
There's a lot of great work that's been done at the federal, state and local level to prevent the chaos that ensued after 2020, the COVID election year, when all the states were changing their laws and regulations without the legislatures approving that.
—CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
Obviously, everyone knows the legislatures weren't meeting in 2020 because of COVID.
—CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Legislatures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislatures. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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