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

Overturning Section 2 would give state legislatures and local governments the opportunity to redraw maps while preventing minority voters from challenging ones that dilute their influence. —Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2026

For their part, state legislatures should require their institutions to be homes of civil and open debate by passing legislation based on The Campus Intellectual Diversity Act. —Shannon Watkins, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026

While state legislatures can redraw congressional maps in some states, Virginia voters in 2020 approved a constitutional amendment that created a bipartisan commission to draw their state's map. —Caroline Linton, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026

Republican legislatures in other states — including Ohio, North Carolina and Missouri — followed suit. —Justin Papp,dan Mangan, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026

Republicans in Congress and state legislatures, and foreign leaders, have earned favor by proposing initiatives to brand projects and sites after the president. —Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Apr. 2026

Now, state legislatures are pushing back. —Joshua Vadeboncoeur, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026

Several Asian countries, including India’s neighbors like Nepal and Bangladesh, have similar quotas for women in national legislatures. —ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026

When legislatures fail to create forward-looking mechanisms to align profit with responsibility, the burden shifts to judges and juries. —Nicolas S. Rohatyn, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026