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Louisiana State Legislature Législature de l'État de Louisiane Legislatura del Estado de Luisiana | |
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Houses | Senate House of Representatives |
Term limits | Senate 3 consecutive terms (12 years) House 3 consecutive terms (12 years) |
Established | 1812 |
Leadership | |
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Seats | 144 voting members
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House of Representatives political groups |
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Length of term | Senate 4 years House 4 years |
Salary | $16,800/year + expenses/per diem |
Elections | |
Last State Senate election | October 14 and November 18, 2023 |
Last House of Representatives election | October 14 and November 18, 2023 |
Next State Senate election | October 23 and November 20, 2027 |
Next House of Representatives election | October 23 and November 20, 2027 |
Redistricting | Legislative control |
Motto | |
Union, justice, and confidence | |
Meeting place | |
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Louisiana State Capitol Baton Rouge | |
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Louisiana State Legislature | |
Constitution | |
Constitution of Louisiana |
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The Louisiana State Legislature (French: Législature de l'État de Louisiane;[1] Spanish: Legislatura del Estado de Luisiana) is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is a bicameral body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 representatives, and the upper house, the Louisiana State Senate with 39 senators. Members of each house are elected from single-member districts of roughly equal populations.
The Louisiana State Legislature meets in the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. In March 2023, Republicans gained a supermajority of the Louisiana legislature for a first in the history of Louisiana.[2]