based in the Luís Eduardo Magalhães building in the administrative centre of Bahia]] (Centro Administrativo da Bahia, CAB) in the Salvador neighbourhood.

The legislative power of Bahia began with the General Council of the Province in 1828.

It had 21 members and only had the function of suggesting laws for the General Assembly of the Empire.

For the fhe first to the 11th legislatures, the assembly sat in the Convento do Carmo.

In 1947, during the Estado Novo regime, the legislature became unicameral again and has remained such.