Editing Tennessee General Assembly (section)

{{short description|Legislative branch of the state government of Tennessee}}
{{use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox legislature
|background_color={{party color|Republican Party (US)}}|name              = Tennessee General Assembly
|coa_pic           = Flag of the General Assembly of Tennessee.svg
|coa_res           = 220px
|redistricting=Legislative Control|session_room      = File:Tennessee State Capitol 2022f.jpg
|house_type        = [[Bicameralism|Bicameral]]
|houses            = [[Tennessee Senate|Senate]]<br>[[Tennessee House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|term_limits=None|foundation={{Start date and age|1796|06|01}}
|new_session=January 14, 2025
|leader1_type      = [[Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee|Senate Speaker]]
|leader1           = [[Randy McNally]]
|party1            = ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
|election1         = January 9, 2017
|leader2_type      = [[List of speakers of the Tennessee House of Representatives|House Speaker]]
|leader2           = [[Cameron Sexton]]
|party2            = ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
|election2         = August 23, 2019
| house1           = Senate
| house2           = House
| structure1       = (114th) Tennessee Senate.svg
| structure1_res   = 250px
| structure2       = File:Tennessee House.svg
| structure2_res   = 250px
| members          = '''132''' voting members:<br/>33 Senators<br/>99 Representatives
| political_groups1 = {{Color box|#E81B23|border=darkgray}}&nbsp;[[Tennessee Republican Party|Republican]]&nbsp;(27)
<br>{{Color box|#3333FF|border=darkgray}}&nbsp;[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]&nbsp;(6)
|term_length=[[Tennessee Senate|Senate]]: 4 years<br>[[Tennessee House of Representatives|House]]: 2 years|salary=$24,316/year +  [[per diem]], employee benefits, travel reimbursement<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 Legislator Compensation |url=https://www.ncsl.org/about-state-legislatures/2022-legislator-compensation |website=www.ncsl.org}}</ref>| political_groups2 = {{Color box|#E81B23|border=darkgray}}&nbsp;[[Tennessee Republican Party|Republican]]&nbsp;(75)<br> {{Color box|#3333FF|border=darkgray}} [[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]] (24)
|voting_system1=[[First-past-the-post voting|First-past-the-post]]
|voting_system2=[[First-past-the-post voting|First-past-the-post]]
|last_election1    = [[2024 Tennessee Senate election|November 5, 2024]]
|last_election2    = [[2024 Tennessee House of Representatives election|November 5, 2024]]
|next_election1=[[2026 Tennessee Senate election|November 3, 2026]]
|next_election2=[[2026 Tennessee House of Representatives election|November 3, 2026]]
|meeting_place     = [[Tennessee State Capitol]]<br /> [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]
|website           = [https://www.capitol.tn.gov/ Tennessee General Assembly]
|constitution=[[Constitution of Tennessee]]}}
The '''Tennessee General Assembly''' (TNGA) is the [[state legislature (United States)|state legislature]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Tennessee]]. It is a part-time bicameral legislature consisting of a [[Tennessee Senate|Senate]] and a [[Tennessee House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]. The Speaker of the Senate carries the additional title and office of Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee. In addition to passing a budget for state government plus other legislation, the General Assembly appoints three state officers specified by the [[Constitution of Tennessee|state constitution]]. It is also the initiating body in any process to amend the state's constitution.