# New Jersey Legislature

By [efic](https://paragraph.com/@efic) · 2022-12-11

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The **New Jersey Legislature** is the [legislative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative) branch of the [government](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government) of the [U.S. state](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state) of [New Jersey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey). In its current form, as defined by the [New Jersey Constitution of 1947](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Constitution#Current_constitution_\(1947\)), the Legislature consists of two houses: the [General Assembly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_General_Assembly) and the [Senate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Senate). The Legislature meets in the [New Jersey State House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_State_House), in the [state capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States) of [Trenton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey).

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