How to Use legislature in a Sentence

legislature

noun
  • 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 state legislature moved quickly to pass a bill to block the ban.
    Kinsey Crowley, The Courier-Journal, 24 June 2024
  • Thanks to Walz and Democrats in the state legislature, Minnesotans are fleeing the state in droves.
    Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The fight for cityhood has gained traction over the years but has been shot down in the legislature.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 8 Feb. 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
  • Yet the State legislature over the past eight years has done the opposite.
    Elizabeth Neumann, ABC News, 10 May 2023
  • The legislature’s five-year term had been due to expire in 2023.
    Nicole Winfleld, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
  • In a letter to the board ahead of its Sept. 20 vote, Carr said the state legislature hadn't legally authorized the board to pass the rule.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Democrats were on track to take control of both chambers of the legislature as well.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2022
  • It was placed up there late on March 7 as the state legislature was wrapping up.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Now working with the legislature, some laws have to get changed.
    Fox News Staff, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The rule does not carry the same weight as laws passed by Congress or state legislatures.
    David Hamilton, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Sanchez will propose the Protect Girls’ Sports Act to the state legislature.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The Act passed both chambers of the Illinois legislature on Jan. 10.
    CBS News, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The typical deadline for the legislature to pass a new state budget is June 30, the end of the state’s fiscal year.
    Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • The law had already been approved by the state legislature in 2019, and remained at the ready should Roe v. Wade be overturned.
    Drew Hawkins, NPR, 3 Apr. 2025
  • But legislation never made it to a vote on the floor of the state legislature this year.
    Sean McLain, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Both Coalition said a bill is ready for the legislature if the amendment passes.
    Joel Mathis, The Week, 23 July 2022
  • 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
  • The legislature never dealt with how to pay for the teachers’ union nirvana.
    Kevin Igoe, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2025
  • In past years, gun rights took center stage in the Kentucky legislature.
    Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 25 Mar. 2024
  • From there, state legislatures of three-fourths of the nation’s 50 states would have to ratify the amendment.
    Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The law was passed by both chambers in the state legislature earlier this year.
    The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2022
  • The bill passed the state legislature, but rideshare giants Uber and Lyft threatened to reduce their presence in the state because of it.
    Brian Schwartz, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The legislature was unable to agree on a version of the bill to move forward, disbanding for the month of August.
    Caroline Kitchener, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The late drama escalates what had already been a tense showdown between the legislature and a swath of senior Democratic politicians and the tech industry.
    The Denver Post, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
  • The idea has been controversial in the Connecticut legislature.
    Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025

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