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
• 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
• 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 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 law had been passed by a legislature under full GOP control.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
• This issue will again come to a head soon, when the Israeli legislature votes on next year’s budget.
  — Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
• The change would require action from the state legislature.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
• Parliamentary systems have a check on an out-of-control executive when the electorate is closely divided; changing a few votes in the legislature can force an early election and bring down the government.
  — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
• In the legislature, Newman chaired the Senate Education Committee.
  — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025