6-660: Florida House may refer to: Florida House of Representatives , one of the two Chambers of the Florida Legislature Florida Tropical House , a beach house in Beverly Shores, Indiana. Florida House on Capitol Hill , often called "Florida's embassy" in Washington, D.C. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
12-723: Is the lower house of the Florida Legislature , the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida , the Florida Senate being the upper house . Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida , adopted in 1968, defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted. The House is composed of 120 members, each elected from a single-member district with a population of approximately 180,000 residents. Legislative districts are drawn on
18-491: The Legislature meets constitutes a new legislative session. The Florida Legislature meets in a 60-day regular legislative session each year. Regular legislative sessions in odd-numbered years must begin on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March. Under the state Constitution, the Legislature can begin even-numbered year regular legislative sessions at a time of its choosing. Special legislative sessions may be called by
24-675: The basis of population figures, provided by the federal decennial census. Representatives' terms begin immediately upon their election. The Republicans hold a supermajority in the State House with 85 seats; Democrats are in the minority with 35 seats. In 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states could not enact congressional term limits. Florida legislators must be at least twenty-one years old, an elector and resident of their district, and must have resided in Florida for at least two years prior to election. Each year during which
30-523: The governor, by a joint proclamation of the Senate president and House speaker, or by a three-fifths vote of all legislators. During any special session the Legislature may only address legislative business that is within the purview of the purpose or purposes stated in the special session proclamation. *Elected in a special election. From 1874 to 1996, the Democratic Party held majorities in
36-528: The title Florida House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florida_House&oldid=1188969419 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Florida House of Representatives Minority The Florida House of Representatives
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