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Congress of State

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Ventora's parliament, collectively known as the Congress of State (Congreso Estatal), consists of two chambers: the Grand Council of State (Gran Consejo de Estado) and the People's Assembly (Asamblea Popular).

Either chamber may propose legislation but a bill must pass both chambers by simple majority before presentation to the Governor General. If the Governor General concurs, he or she submits the bill to the Regent for assent. If the Governor General does not concur, the Assembly may, with a two-thirds majority vote in favor, send the bill to the Regent for consideration. If the Regent assents to the bill, it becomes law. If not, the bill is withdrawn but may be reintroduced as a new bill or both chambers may, by two-thirds majority vote, call for a national referendum on the bill which may then be passed into law by a 60% or more majority of the electorate.

Grand Council of State
As the upper chamber of parliament, the Grand Council of State, commonly just the Grand Council, consists of 52 fellows. A fellow may be a woman but all of them are nobles. The or duchesses regnant over the twenty-six  make up half the fellows, with the other half consisting of titled  elected by all of the nobility, both titled and untitled, who have reached at least twenty-five years of age. The elected fellows serve four year terms with no limit on the number of terms that may be served. In the event one of the dukes or duchesses regnant is elected Regent of Ventora, their heir apparent serves as fellow for the duchy until completion of service as regent.

Each term the Grand Council elects a prexy (prexio/a) as leader for the term. The current prexy is Horacio Dali de Ocoa Evoschato, Duke of.

People's Assembly
There are 780 delegates in the People's Assembly, the lower house of parliament. Each term of office is two years and there is no limit on the number of terms that may be served. Any citizen who is twenty-five or older may be a delegate to the Assembly to represent the county in which their domicile is located. The Conclave of Electors elects candidates to the Assembly on the basis of one delegate per geo-populational district.

Upon convening, the Assembly elects a president (presidente/ta) to serve as leader for the term. The current president is Estrella Julia Flora Toledano, a member of the.

Procedures
How they meet, how a bill becomes law...

Privileges
Exempt from most criminal laws in official capacity...