It was the successor to the Weimar Republic body of the same name that represented the interests of Prussia's provinces in the legislative process.

Its members were elected by the Prussian provincial parliaments to represent the interests of the provinces at the state level.

Other appointed members were to be drawn from among representatives of churches, business, labor, science, art and other "men of merit".

[2] Members of the State Council received an expense allowance of 1,000 Reichsmarks per month (from 1 April 1936, ℛℳ 500).

Over the years, the membership fluctuated as a result of deaths, departures from office, resignations and dismissals (including that of Göring himself on 23 April 1945).

A total of 31 members died in office (including 4 that were executed during the Night of the Long Knives and 7 suicides in the closing days of the Second World War).

There were approximately 60 individuals still technically in office as Prussian State Councillors following the surrender of Nazi Germany on 8 May 1945.

It met for the first time on 15 September 1933 for a ceremonial opening in the auditorium of the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin, before reconvening for a working session the next day at the New Palace, Potsdam where all subsequent meetings would be held.

[4] The second meeting was held on 12 October 1933 and the third on 18 June 1934, with a report by the minister of finance on Prussia's financial situation.

The fourth session was convened on 21 March 1935, the second anniversary of Potsdam Day commemorating the reopening of the Reichstag building following the fire of February 1933, and the fifth was on 25 June 1935.

1, Satz 2 und 3 sind nur zulässig, soweit sie sich aus § 5 ergeben.

The appointment of the Chief of Staff of the entire SA and the Reich Leader of the SS shall not be precluded by the provisions of § 4, sentences 2 and 3.

Group 3: representatives of churches, business, labor, science and art, and other men of merit to the state and the people.

(3) Die Mitgliedschaft erlischt ferner, wenn der Ministerpräsident einem Staatsrate das Anerkenntnis unverletzter Ehrenhaftigkeit oder eines der Würde des Staatsrats entsprechenden Lebenswandels oder Verhaltens versagt.

(2) The fourth section of the Prussian Constitution 1)[c] and the Act on the Elections to the State Council of 16 December 1920 (Law Collection 1921, p. 90) shall cease to have effect.