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Copy of Constitution Updates 2025

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Senate of the Student Government Association of The Johns Hopkins University

{ S. Bill 24-25, }

A Bill Updating the SGA Constitution to Update the Chair of Programming Roles and More

Introduced By: Student Body President Vishnu Dontu

Sponsored By:

President of the Senate Srigouri Oruganty

Committee consideration waived by the Acting President of the Senate

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Student Government Association at Johns Hopkins University assembled that:

  1. TITLE This Act may be referred to as the “Chair of Programming Constitution Update”
  2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES
    1. FINDINGS
      1. Updating language to remove Chair of Program responsibilities directly related to Class Councils.
      2. Necessitates a ¾ vote from the senate.
    2. PURPOSES
      1. To amend the Constitution of the Student Government Association at Johns Hopkins University to fit the current structure and practices of the SGA.
  3. AMENDMENTS

Article 1 Constitution

Current Language

Proposed Language

Article 1, Section 3: Students have a right to attend all meetings of the SGA, and all minutes and proceedings of the SGA shall be open to student inspection, except those deemed secure by a closed session motion by the Senate. Article 4, Section 5: All SGA meetings are open to the public except meetings that are closed by 2/3 (two thirds) of the Senate. All documents, minutes, and proceedings of the Senate shall be open to the public for inspection, except those from closed meetings.

Students have a right to attend all general body meetings and committee meetings of the SGA, and all general body minutes/committee minutes and proceedings of the SGA shall be open to student inspection, except those deemed secure by a closed session motion by the Senate. Executive Branch meetings and the Committee on Internal Affairs meetings are closed to the general public. All SGA Meetings, outside of Executive Branch and Committee on Internal Affairs meetings, are open to the public except meetings that are closed by 2/3 (two thirds) of the Senate. All documents, minutes, and proceedings of the Senate shall be open to the public for inspection, except those from closed meetings. Documents from the Executive Branch and Committee on Internal Affairs may be requested and offered at discretion of the Student Body President and the Chair of Internal Affairs.

Get rid of Executive Branch override

The Bill hereby FAILS by a vote of __ to __ with __ abstentions.

Upon passage, we have hereunto set our hands and caused the seal of the Senate to be affixed to this bill indicating the Senate’s assent and thus officially designated the bill’s adoption as law.

Signatures of Enactment: __________________________________ Stone Meng Student Body President of the Johns Hopkins SGA

__________________________________ Amy Li Student Body Vice President of the Johns Hopkins SGA

__________________________________ Nasreen Naqvi President of the Senate of the Johns Hopkins SGA

__________________________________ Buse Koldas Student Body Secretary of the Johns Hopkins SGA

__________________________________ Brandon Benjamin Student Body Treasurer of the Johns Hopkins SGA

__________________________________ Timothy Huang Student Body Chair of Programming for the Johns Hopkins SGA

Signatures of Ceremony:

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XXXX Senator of the Johns Hopkins SGA

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XX Senator of the Johns Hopkins SGA