What is New Jersey Legislature?
{{Infobox legislature | name = New Jersey Legislature | coa_pic = Seal_of_New_Jersey.svg | coa-pic = | session_room = New Jersey State House.jpg | legislature = '''216th New Jersey Legislature''' | house_type = Bicameral | houses = [[New Jersey Senate|Senate]]<br>[[New Jersey General Assembly|General Assembly]] | leader1_type = President of the Senate | leader1 = [[Stephen M. Sweeney]] | party1 = [[Democratic Party (United States)|D]] | election1 = January 12, 2010 | leader2_type = Speaker of the General Assembly | leader2 = [[Vincent Prieto]] | party2 = [[Democratic Party (United States)|D]] | election2 = January 14, 2014 | members = 120 | political_groups1 = Democratic Party<br>[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] | last_election1 = November 3, 2015 (only the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] was up for election) | next_election1 = | meeting_place = [[New Jersey State House]], [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]], [[New Jersey]] | website = {{URL|http://www.njleg.state.nj.us}} }} The '''New Jersey Legislature''' is the [[legislative]] branch of the [[government]] of the [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[U.S. state|state]] of [[New Jersey]]. In its current form, as defined by the [[New Jersey Constitution#Current constitution (1947)|New Jersey Constitution of 1947]], the Legislature consists of two houses: the [[New Jersey General Assembly|General Assembly]] and the [[New Jersey Senate|Senate]]. The Legislature meets in the [[New Jersey State House]], in the [[List of capitals in the United States|state capital]] of [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]. ==History== ===Colonial period=== The New Jersey Legislature was established in 1702 upon the surrender by the [[Proprietary colony|Proprietors]] of [[East Jersey]] and those of [[West Jersey]] of the right of government to [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]]. Anne's government united the