Can Anyone Please Explain To Me. . . What is the Role of a State Senator ?

Question

I never fully understood and no one has ever explained it to me thoroughly !!

Not U.S. Senators. . . .. State Senators . Thank you .

Answer 1

I will try to explain it. I work for a state senator so I may be able to answer your question.
The State Senator represents a portion of the state at the Capitol. They listen to their constituents (residents) concerns & ideas for new or better laws. She takes them to the State Capitol & they discuss these laws in session which runs from January through June (at least in New York State). The laws are assigned to a particular committee depending on what it is about. i.e. law issues will go to the law enforcement committee, financial issues will go to ways and means committee, etc. The Senate votes on them eventually.

The laws also have to go through the State Assembly before they are passed for a "checks and balance" kind of situation.

They deal with legislation such a smoking laws, health care, education, regulations for industries and agriculture and many other things.

If the laws pass both houses then they are signed by the governor and passed into law.

People ask the senators to get them grant money for projects or programs (pork barrel spending), basically in return for votes.

There is also the ceremonial things that the senator does. Such as writing & presenting proclamations for 50th anniversary of businesses or 100th birthday celebrations, grand openings, ribbon cuttings.

I hope this helps.

Answer 2

U.S. Senators are members of the Senate, one of two parts of the United States Congress (The House of Representatives being the other). The citizens of each state elect two Senators to serve 6 years terms. The Senate as a whole has many duties and responsibilities. Some of these include writing and passing laws, approving many presidential appointments, and ratifying treaties with other countries. In addition, individual Senators play many roles. These roles include being official members of the government, representing the people that elected them, and being members of a political party.

Answer 3

The role of the state senators help run state prisons and the laws that govern them. Control State Parks (not Federal). Help pay for schools. tax people. Created by the state Constitution. Most of the laws you have to abide by are state laws. If you kill someone, State issue. If you kill someone on Federal land or go over state lines. Then federal laws apply. The governor is like the President of the State. And has to sign into law whatever the senate gives to him.

Answer 4

When our founding farthers developed the constitution they created 3 central branches of governing. The presidential office, the senate, and, the house of representatives. This created a balance of power. Lastly, the judicial system was created-the supreme court. Senators act as representatives from each state to the federal government. Read the Constitution of the Ubited States

Answer 5

senate an assembly or counsil of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government , a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
senator a member of a senate
state senator a person elected by the majority of the citizens of the state to representate the people of state in the senate

Answer 6

take a U.S. senator and scale it down to state government, and a smaller constituency. usually, state legislators use these lower level political positions to add to their portfolios before they enter the national arena. state senators are more localized to their constituents, therefore their networking capacity and presence is greater felt than a US senator. they do the same thing as US senators. they pass legislation and make public appearances at schools and groundbreaking ceremonies.

Answer 7

they are state law makers, much in the way the US senators are US law makers.