What is State legislature (United States)?
A '''state legislature''' in the [[United States]] is the [[legislature]] of any of the 50 [[U.S. state]]s. ==What is in them== Every state legislature (except [[Nebraska]]'s) is [[bicameral]]. This means that they have an [[upper house]] and a [[lower house]]. They are similar to the [[United States Congress]] in what they look like. ==What they do== State legislatures do similar things as the U.S. Congress does, only for each state. State legislatures have the power to ratify an amendment of the [[United States Constitution]]. == History == The first American legislature was created in 1619 by the Virginia House of Burgesses.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/documents/aslcs/Jrn2005_Fall.pdf|title=JUDGING LEGISLATURES|last=Hodson|first=Tim|last2=Tucker|first2=Harvey J.|last3=Garrett|first3=John|last4=Vanlandingham|first4=Gary R.|last5=Mo|first5=Stephen Davis|last6=Nv|first6=Kathy Fosnaugh|last7=Mo|first7=Jackie Hord|last8=Va|first8=Bruce Jamerson|publisher=Journal of the American Society of Legislative Clerks and Secretaries|year=2005|isbn=|location=|pages=|access-date=2019-06-24|archive-date=2020-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619110650/https://www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/documents/aslcs/Jrn2005_Fall.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.ncsl.org/ National Conference of State Legislatures] * [http://www.ncsl.org/LegislaturesElections/WomensNetwork/WomeninStateLegislatures2011/tabid/21606/Default.aspx Women in State Legislatures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108160541/http://www.ncsl.org/LegislaturesElections/WomensNetwork/WomeninStateLegislatures2011/tabid/21606/Default.aspx |date=2011-11-08 }} {{United States legislatures}} [[Category:State legislatures of the United States| ]]