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{{short description|Legislative branch of the state government of Indiana}} {{coord|38|46|07|N|86|9|46|W|type:landmark|display=title}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox legislature | name = Indiana General Assembly | coa_pic = Indiana-StateSeal.svg | session_room = StateCapitolIndiana.jpg | house_type = Bicameral | houses = [[Indiana Senate|Senate]] <br />[[Indiana House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] | leader1_type = [[Lieutenant Governor of Indiana|Senate President]] | leader1 = [[Micah Beckwith]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]) | election1 = January 13, 2025 | leader2_type = Senate President pro tempore | leader2 = [[Rodric Bray]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]) | election2 = November 20, 2018 | leader3_type = [[Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives|House Speaker]] | leader3 = [[Todd Huston]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]) | election3 = March 9, 2020 | members = 150 | last_election1= [[2024 Indiana Senate election|November 5, 2024]] | next_election1= November 3, 2026 | meeting_place = [[Indiana State House]]<br />[[Indianapolis]] | website = [https://iga.in.gov/ Indiana General Assembly] |structure1 = Indiana State Senate_2023.svg |political_groups1={{Unbulleted list|class=nowrap | {{Color box|#f20a02|border=darkgray}} [[Indiana Republican Party|Republican]] (40) | {{Color box|#1100ff|border=darkgray}} [[Indiana Democratic Party|Democratic]] (10) }} |structure2 = Indiana_State House_2023.svg | political_groups2 = {{Unbulleted list|class=nowrap | {{Color box|#f20a02|border=darkgray}} [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (70) | {{Color box|#1100ff|border=darkgray}} [[Indiana Democratic Party|Democratic]] (30)}} |structure1_res=250px |structure2_res=250px |house1=Senate |house2=House of Representatives |last_election2=[[2024 Indiana House of Representatives election|November 5, 2024]] |next_election2=November 3, 2026 |constitution=[[Constitution of Indiana]] |meeting_place2=Senate Chamber |session_room2=Indiana_State_Senate_Chamber,_Indiana_Statehouse,_Indianapolis,_Indiana.jpg |session_room3=Indiana House of Representatives Chamber, Indiana Statehouse, Indianapolis, IN.jpg |meeting_place3=House of Representatives Chamber }} The '''Indiana General Assembly''' is the [[State legislature (United States)|state legislature]], or legislative branch, of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Indiana]]. It is a [[bicameral]] legislature that consists of a [[lower house]], the [[Indiana House of Representatives]], and an [[upper house]], the [[Indiana Senate]]. The General Assembly meets annually at the [[Indiana Statehouse]] in [[Indianapolis]]. Members of the General Assembly are elected from districts that are realigned every ten years. Representatives serve terms of two years and senators serve terms of four years. Both houses can create bills, but bills must pass both houses before they can be submitted to the governor and enacted into law. As of 2024, the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] holds [[supermajority|supermajorities]] in both chambers of the General Assembly. Republicans outnumber [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] in the Senate by a 40β10 margin, and in the House of Representatives by a 70β30 margin.
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