How to Use legislature in a Sentence

legislature

noun
Definition of legislaturenext
Synonyms for legislaturenext
  • Each state has its own legislature.
  • Our legislature passed a law requiring people to wear safety belts.
  • 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 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
  • The rule does not carry the same weight as laws passed by Congress or state legislatures.
    — David Hamilton, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • Two bills introduced in the California legislature last week want to make the state’s bag ban even stronger.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The bill was spawned, in part, after a college professor had gone to the state legislature pushing for reform.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023
  • In a democracy, such disputes should be resolved in legislatures, not the C-suite.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The Nevada legislature has agreed to $380 million in public funding for the new ballpark.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Youngkin says that since the legislature adjourned, the surplus has surpassed $5 billion.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Both measures passed with at least 60 percent support, and the state legislature has since passed laws to implement the new policies.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
  • No doctors were given the opportunity to speak in the legislature and the bill was quickly passed.
    — Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The town planned a private ceremony and candlelight vigil in the evening, and the Texas legislature paused for a few moments of silence at 11:30 a.m.
    — Colleen Long and Acacia Coronado, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
  • Of the thousands of people who have served in the Pennsylvania state legislature, a small fraction have been Black women.
    — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The president’s backers used the space as a hub to push members of state legislatures to take steps to support Eastman’s plan, and to urge Pence not to certify the results.
    — Aaron C. Davis, Washington Post, 19 June 2023
  • Odd-year elections are analyzed only when the top-of-the-ticket item was either a statewide election or a statewide vote for state legislature.
    — Tia Yang, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • That has led to a push in states with referendum processes to take the power to district away from legislatures.
    — TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Local governments often follow — and in a few are ahead of — what their state legislatures pass.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2023
  • Funding will come from $5.1 billion approved by the state legislature to secure the border.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 8 June 2023
  • Good luck with that, his fellow Republicans in the legislature replied.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
  • With my Democratic legislature in New Jersey no ban would've come to my desk, Kristen.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Wayne told students that one of his proudest accomplishments in the legislature was seeing one of his first bills signed into law.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • One of Giffords’ interns, Daniel Hernandez, was injured and later won a seat in the Arizona state legislature.
    — Katherine Koretski, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023

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