Synonyms of legislatures

legislatures

noun

plural of legislature

as in parliaments

a group of people with the power to make or change laws

Our legislature passed a law requiring people to wear safety belts.

Each state has its own legislature.

state legislatures

Related Words

• parliaments
• houses
• congresses
• legislatives
• diets
• assemblies
• councils
• chambers
• legislative assemblies
• general assemblies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of legislatures

Most of them are proposed by state legislatures, but some are proposed through the voter initiative process. — Quinn Yeargain, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

State legislatures are now facing federal reductions in Medicaid spending estimated at more than $900 billion over 10 years, as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. — Natalie Krebs, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026

The same trans-activists who screamed at me in legislatures and harassed me at colleges could misuse the Protect College Sports Act to challenge every single state law defending women’s athletic competition…all 27 of them. — Riley Gaines Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, universities plead poverty while asking legislatures for more funding, students pay higher tuition, and schools claim there isn’t enough money for everything from facilities to faculty salaries. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026

Multiple state legislatures have introduced and debated moratoriums on data center development, including lawmakers in Virginia, which currently hosts the largest US data center market. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026

And the adoption of the CLT has been primarily in red states, sometimes driven by conservative legislatures. — Chris Quintana, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Increasingly, legislatures are prescribing the procedures surrounding those obligations. — Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

The backlash has reached multiple state legislatures, where lawmakers are moving against what consumer advocates call outsized utility profits layered on top of rising bills. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 July 2026