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- Johns Hopkins Student Government Association Bylaws – September 2021 – Page 1
- SGA BYLAWS
- September 2021
- Johns Hopkins Student Government Association Bylaws – September 2021 – Page 2
- I. DUTIES OF THE SENATE
- 1. Scope
- i. This article shall apply to all members of the Senate and corresponding advisors.
- ii. This section is established in concord with Article II and Article VI of the Constitution.
- iii. Should any part of this article be found unconstitutional, such part shall be considered
- severable and the rest of the article shall remain in effect.
- 2. Membership Responsibilities & Roles
- i. Per the Constitution, there exists three (3) distinct types of SGA members at large:
- 1. Executive Board
- a. Article III of the Constitution defines the responsibilities and roles of the four (4)
- Executive Board members.
- b. The Executive Secretary shall be tasked with recording how frequently each of
- the non-senate bodies within SGA (such as the PRDC) issue a report to the
- Senate during general body meetings. The Executive Secretary shall note if any
- of these bodies are ever in violation of the GBM reporting requirements outlined
- in the group’s bylaws, and, if so, should take the appropriate action detailed
- therein.
- c. In addition, the Executive Board shall also ensure the smooth integration of new
- members – especially freshmen – into SGA.
- i. The Executive Board shall coordinate the production of transition
- documents compiled by the Executive Branch, Standing Legislative
- Committees, and Class Councils. These documents shall be finished at
- the end of every one-year term, presented to the Senate, and provided to
- the next SGA.
- ii. The Executive Board shall also organize at least one mandatory SGA
- retreat per one-year term to clarify its goals and promote group
- development.
- d. The Executive Board shall ensure regular communication with their counterparts
- in the Graduate Student Organization (GRO) by meeting with the co-chairs of the
- GRO at the beginning of each semester. The Executive Board shall at this time
- ensure that committee chairs establish contact with relevant GRO executive
- board chairs.
- 2. Class Councils
- a. Per the Constitution, there shall exist four (4) Class Councils that shall represent
- each of the four (4) undergraduate classes.
- b. Class Councils, which are comprised of one (1) Class President and six (6) Class
- Senators, shall strive to:
- i. Understand the sentiments of their class via outreach methods (e.g.
- surveys).
- ii. Serve as primary SGA liaisons to their class by communicating what the
- SGA is doing.
- iii. Utilize proper programming to facilitate class-specific unity events.
- c. Class Councils shall meet weekly.
- d. At the first Class Council meeting, one member shall be designated to take
- minutes for all Class Council meetings.
- 3. Class Presidents
- a. Per the Constitution, four (4) Class Presidents shall be elected for every one-year
- term to serve as primary class representatives on the Senate.
- b. Class Presidents shall exercise general superintendence over all class affairs.
- c. Presidents shall serve on the Executive Board’s Class Council Task Force that
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- seeks to enhance cross-council collaboration in bringing matters of class-related
- significance to the attention of the Senate.
- i. Class Council Task Force meetings shall be called by the Executive
- President once a month and throughout each one-year term.
- d. Class Presidents shall ensure proper and regular communication between their
- respective councils and classes.
- e. Class Presidents shall set every Class Council meeting agenda and lead all Class
- Council meetings.
- f. Class Presidents shall also be considered as Senators and perform all regular
- Senatorial duties.
- 4. Senators
- a. Per the Constitution, twenty-eight (28) Senators shall be elected for every
- one-year term.
- b. Senators participate within SGA as members of the Senate, Standing Legislative
- Committees, and Class Councils.
- c. Senators shall be proactive in pursuing student interests and concerns, in addition
- to actively lobbying relevant administrators.
- d. Senators shall prioritize their commitments to SGA and strive to attend all
- SGA-related meetings.
- e. Senators may be considered in bad standing if they do not fulfill the
- aforementioned guidelines and subsequently may be subject to an impeachment
- hearing under Article IX of the Constitution.
- f. A representative from the SGA will be selected by the Senate to attend the GRO
- meetings and thereby act as a point of contact between the GRO and the SGA. In
- turn, the GRO will provide an equivalent representative from their group to
- attend the SGA meetings.
- g. Post-Election Meet and Greet
- i. As part of the official inauguration process of SGA, newly-elected SGA
- representatives must attend a mandatory meet and greet session
- designed to interface with the undergraduate student body within 7 days
- after election decisions are released.
- ii. The meet and greet session must be at least one hour long.
- iii. The meet and greet session must have all newly elected representatives
- present.
- iv. The meet and greet session must be open to all JHU undergraduates and
- be held in a space that is easily accessible to all JHU undergraduate
- students.
- v. Executive Vice President will be tasked with organizing the meet and
- greets.
- vi. Meet and greet session will be widely publicized by SGA.
- h. SGA Tabling Events
- i. SGA will host one tabling event every month of the school year, with
- provisional exceptions to December, January, and May, as these months
- tend to have less school days compared to others. Explicitly, months that
- must have a tabling event include September, October, November,
- February, March, and April.
- ii. Tabling events must be at least one hour long.
- iii. Tabling events must be staffed by a minimum of six SGA
- representatives, each from the four class councils, as well as two other
- SGA members. A member of the Executive Board may be allowed to
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- substitute one of the six SGA representatives.
- iv. SGA representatives must take turns tabling to ensure that as many
- different SGA representatives as possible are participating in these
- events.
- v. All senators and the Executive Board must attend at least one tabling
- event throughout the year.
- vi. Tabling events must open to all JHU undergraduate students and be held
- in a space that is easily accessible to all JHU undergraduate students and
- preferably, in a highly frequented area. Possible tabling areas include:
- 1. Breezeway
- 2. Brody Learning Commons and Terrace
- 3. Milton S. Eisenhower Library
- 4. Charles Commons
- 5. In front of Fresh Food Café
- 6. Levering Café and Courtyard
- 7. Mattin Center
- vii. Tabling events must be well-publicized by all the class councils before,
- during, and after the events to draw in as much attendance, and future
- attendance, as possible.
- viii. At the end of every tabling event, there must be a report submitted about
- the event’s feedback.
- ix. There must be a sign-up sheet assigning placements at the beginning of
- the year, and any rooms or spaces shall be reserved as necessary, for
- every month of the year
- x. Once the freshmen are elected, they will be held accountable for these
- above guidelines.
- ii. Advisors
- 1. There shall exist SGA advisors who shall be resources when called upon by the SGA.
- a. The SGA, in conjunction with the Office of the Dean of Student Life shall
- appoint one (1) SGA Advisor for the SGA at large and four (4) Class Council
- Advisors.
- iii. Inclusivity and Resource Awareness Trainings and Presentations
- 1. To foster a positive and health community within the SGA and across campus, the SGA
- shall participate in the following trainings during their term in office:
- a. Diversity and inclusion training from the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the
- Office of Gender Equity
- b. SafeZone training from the Office of LGBTQ Life
- c. Bystander Intervention Training from the Title IX Office
- d. Mental health resource training from the Counseling Center
- e. Student organizations or financial processes training from the Office of Student
- Leadership and Involvement (SLI) or the Student Activities Commission.
- 2. Special Conditions
- a. If time or scheduling conflicts do not permit these trainings to be completed
- during the Fall Retreat, an SGA member can spread them out over the course of
- their first semester in session.
- b. If an SGA member received a version of one of these trainings within the last
- three years, and the training is scheduled for the Fall Retreat, they will be
- permitted to exempt out of the already completed training and perform an
- alternative activity for others who have exempted out.
- i. To opt out, an SGA member must provide an email, certificate, or other
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- formal documentation that they completed a training.
- II. SENATE PROCEDURAL RULES
- 1. Scope
- i. The Senate Procedural Rules shall supersede all legislation and Robert’s Rules of Order, but shall
- not supersede other Bylaws or the Constitution.
- 2. Membership Privileges
- i. Only Members of the Senate, including Executive Board officers in an ex-officio capacity shall
- have speaking privileges in the Senate during the consideration of motions.
- 3. Attendance
- i. Required
- 1. Attendance at Senate general body meetings, committee meetings, and Class Council
- meetings is mandatory for all Senators. The Executive Vice President shall be permitted to
- grant a total of 12 excused absences per senator per year, with an additional 4 excused
- absences for every additional committee beyond 2 committees that the senator serves on.
- Senators who have 2 unexcused absences shall be subject to an impeachment vote per the
- Constitution. Senators who have 4 unexcused absences shall be thanked for their service
- and summarily dismissed from the SGA per the Constitution.
- ii. Taking Attendance
- 1. A roll call shall be taken at the beginning of each Senate meeting, and recorded in the
- minutes. The Executive Secretary shall be responsible for keeping track of whether
- enough Senators are present when voting on legislation.
- 2. Members must stay for the entire meeting unless previously excused or in cases of
- emergency.
- iii. Recording Attendance
- 1. All SGA members’ attendance records shall be noted on the SGA’s website and shall be
- sent to the student body in a press release every semester.
- iv. Documenting and Verifying Absences
- 1. The Executive Secretary shall document all absences – Senate, committee, and council –
- on a spreadsheet publicly available on the SGA website. The spreadsheet shall be updated
- with absences no later than one week from the date of a meeting. If no minutes for a
- meeting are provided to the Secretary after one week, all persons required to attend the
- meeting shall be counted as absent until minutes are provided.
- a. The Chair of the Internal Affairs Committee shall maintain parallel attendance
- records to ensure that attendance records can be double-verified.
- v. One-Time Medical Leave and One-Time Family Emergency Leave
- 1. Once a school year, if an SGA member is temporarily unable to attend meetings for any
- reason verified by an accredited medical provider, they shall be permitted to take a
- medical leave of no more than two academic weeks.
- 2. Once a school year, if an SGA member is temporarily unable to attend meetings for any
- reason related to family emergency, they shall be permitted to take a family emergency
- leave of no more than two academic weeks.
- 3. These absences will come from the 12 excused absences. However, if there are more than
- 12 absences in that time, we will grant up to two weeks.
- 4. Meetings
- i. Agenda
- 1. The Executive Vice President shall set the agenda according to the needs of the SGA.
- 2. Committee reports shall consist solely of reports – any pending committee action must be
- reported in advance and dealt with later in the meeting.
- ii. Chair of Senate Meetings
- 1. The Vice President shall chair the meetings of the SGA Senate. If the Vice President
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- yields the chair in accordance with proper parliamentary procedure, or is unable to attend
- a Senate meeting, the President of the Senior Class shall fulfill the duties as Chair.
- iii. Decisions of the Chair
- 1. The chair shall enforce Senate procedures as well as the Constitution and Bylaws,
- including but not limited to ruling motions or conversations out of order. A single member
- (no second is required) may contest such a decision, which is debatable but
- nonamendable, before it takes effect. A two-thirds vote of the Senate shall be necessary to
- overturn the chair’s decision.
- iv. Manner of Presiding and Yielding of the Chair
- 1. The Vice President shall preside the meeting in an orderly, objective and fair manner
- giving opportunity to all Senators to represent their views provided they maintain
- decorum. Furthermore, the Vice President shall use his or her discretion in speaking on
- issues provided he/she maintains objectivity and fairness in the manner of the meeting.
- The Vice President shall yield the chair to a successor any time the item of discussion is
- his or her confirmation, elections, impeachment, or removal.
- v. Order
- 1. The Senate shall follow the most current version of Roberts Rules of Order in its general
- body meetings, subservient to any provisions of the Constitution and Bylaws.
- vi. Moving the Motion
- 1. Following the moving of a motion and a proper second (if required), the Chair shall
- immediately state the motion to the assembly. If the motion may be discussed, the Chair
- shall immediately ask, “Is there any discussion?” and the body shall discuss the motion. If
- the motion may not be discussed, the Chair shall immediately put the motion to a vote.
- vii. Discussion on the Motion
- 1. It is in the interest of the Senate (being a deliberative assembly) to foster productive and
- persuasive speech by each member so long as it is done in an efficient manner. The author
- of the motion shall be given the opportunity to speak first in order to present the reasoning
- behind the motion. Other motions may be moved anytime during discussion. During
- debate, filibusters are not permitted.
- viii. Voting
- 1. Abstentions, used at the individual Senator’s discretion, should only be used in the rare
- case of a direct conflict of interest. Votes become final when the Chair announces the
- vote.
- ix. Straw Polls
- 1. The use of “straw poll” votes is highly discouraged.
- x. Roll Call
- 1. If there is opposition to a motion, then a roll call shall take place.
- 2. For a roll call vote, the Chair shall state the motion and then the Executive Secretary shall
- read the roll of the Senate, and each Senator shall state their vote when their name is
- called. Senators absent at the time of the vote shall be recorded as “absent” (this has no
- bearing on attendance policy but does establish presence or lack of quorum). Per the
- Constitution, all votes and discussions shall be public, except for those permitted to be
- closed by the Constitution.
- xi. Proxy Voting
- 1. Due to the deliberative nature of Senate meetings, and due to the possibility of the
- swaying of one’s opinions during a debate, proxy voting is neither permitted nor accepted.
- III. SENATE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
- 1. Scope
- i. This article shall apply to all committees of the Senate of the Student Government Association
- (“SGA”) and shall not extend farther than senatorial committees.
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- ii. This section is established in concord with Article VI of the Johns Hopkins University
- Undergraduate Student Government Association Constitution (“The Constitution”).
- iii. Should any part of this article be found unconstitutional, such part shall be considered severable
- and the rest of the article shall remain in effect.
- 2. Types of Committees
- i. Per the Constitution, there shall exist two (2) distinct types of committees of the Senate:
- 1. Standing Legislative Committees
- a. Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate shall be established in these
- Bylaws and shall exist in perpetuity.
- b. Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate shall be established to address the
- general business of the Senate and to recommend to the Senate the adoption or
- rejection of legislation.
- c. The number of members of Standing Legislative Committees shall be at the
- discretion of the Executive Vice President when sorting Senators into
- committees, but shall allow for the efficient functioning of the committees.
- 2. Ad-hoc Committees of the Senate
- a. Ad-hoc Committees of the Senate, in accordance with the Constitution, shall be
- established by a 2/3 vote of the Senate and shall automatically expire at the end
- of the academic semester during which they were established.
- b. Ad-hoc Committees of the Senate shall be empaneled to address matters of great
- importance to the student body and may recommend that the Senate take up
- certain proposals through its regular legislative process in order to address
- specific concerns.
- c. The parameters and scope of individual ad-hoc committees shall be stipulated in
- the legislation providing for their specific establishment.
- d. The number of members of Ad-Hoc Committees of the Senate shall be provided
- for in the legislation establishing the particular committees.
- e. An SGA Long-Term Ad-Hoc Committee, appropriately abbreviated as an
- LHAC, shall be a type of ad-hoc committee, adherent to all standard terms and
- requirements of an ad-hoc committee, with the following and express exceptions:
- i. An SGA LHAC shall be established in perpetuity until a clearly
- delineated date of expiration or sunset, or until which time that the
- Senate votes by ⅔ majority to determine that the LHAC’s mandate or
- purpose has elapsed.
- ii. An SGA LHAC may include additional differences from traditional
- ad-hoc committees, provided that those differences are clearly
- delineated in the SGA LHAC’s legislative enactment act and provided
- that those differences do not violate other terms of the SGA Bylaws or
- the SGA Constitution
- 3. Membership of Committees
- a. Sorting of Senators into Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate
- i. Each member of the Senate shall serve on at least one (1) Standing
- Legislative Committee of the Senate, but may serve on more than one
- (1) at the discretion of the Executive Vice President.
- ii. Pursuant to the Constitution, the Executive Vice President shall sort
- Senators into Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate, and
- confirmation of these appointments shall require ratification by a
- plurality of the Senate.
- iii. In executing the Constitutional duty to sort Senators into committees,
- the Executive Vice President shall solicit the wishes of individual
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- Senators; study their individual passions and legislative priorities; if
- prudent, consult with SGA colleagues; and shall thereafter proceed to
- sort Senators into committees at the first Senate General Body meeting
- in a manner which, in the opinion of the Vice President, will allow
- individual Senators to flourish and will best serve the students and
- community of the Johns Hopkins University.
- b. Participation of the Non-Senate Committee Members
- i. Per the Constitution, membership in all committees is open to students
- at large, subject to restrictions provided for herein these Bylaws.
- ii. Per the Constitution, members of committees who are not only duly
- serving members of the Senate may participate fully in committees with
- the express exception of voting.
- 1. Duly serving members of the Senate may participate fully in all
- aspects of the committees on which they serve, including
- voting.
- iii. Membership in certain Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate is
- restricted within these Bylaws.
- iv. Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate not herein restricted
- from doing so may appoint non-Senate members to serve on its
- committee with a 2/3 vote of the Senate members of the committee and
- a 2/3 confirmation of the Senate as a whole.
- v. Determinations of whether membership of individual Ad-hoc
- Committees of the Senate is open to students at large or restricted to
- members of the Senate shall be defined in the legislation providing for
- the establishment of the particular Ad-hoc committee.
- vi. Appointment of non-Senate members to Ad-hoc Committees of the
- Senate shall be made in the legislation providing for the establishment
- of the particular committee.
- 4. Establishment of Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate
- a. The following Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate shall be
- established.
- i. Committee on Academic Affairs
- 1. Membership
- a. The membership of the Committee on Academic
- Affairs is not inherently statutorily restricted on the
- basis of Senate membership.
- 2. Responsibilities
- a. The Committee on Academic Affairs shall be tasked
- with the following responsibilities:
- i. To deal with matters relating to Student
- Advising, the Registrar, the Academic
- Council, and other academic-related organs
- of the University to improve the academic
- atmosphere for students.
- ii. To work with administrators, including the
- Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and
- Sciences and the Dean of the Whiting School
- of Engineering, to advance academic policies
- and programs that fit the needs and desires of
- the student body.
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- iii. To work with the Executive Board and the
- Senior Class Council on matters related to
- Convocation, Commencement, and other
- University academic ceremonies.
- iv. To take up other measures relating to
- academic affairs.
- ii. Committee on Civic Engagement
- 1. Membership
- a. The membership of the Committee on Civic
- Engagement is not inherently statutorily restricted on
- the basis of Senate membership.
- 2. Responsibilities
- a. The Committee on Civic Engagement shall be tasked
- with the following responsibilities:
- i. To promote matters of civic engagement,
- civic involvement and participation, civic
- activism, student activism, community
- engagement in Baltimore and beyond, and
- issues of public, political or civic concern
- that fall beyond the realm of other
- committees.
- ii. To collaborate with JHU student groups
- focused on civic engagement and aid them in
- their efforts.
- iii. To work with other Senate committees, the
- Office of Student Life, the Office of
- Multicultural Affairs, LGBTQ Life, Student
- Disability Service, the Office of Institutional
- Equity, and other relevant academic
- departments and faculty in its
- aforementioned matters of scope whenever
- applicable.
- iii. Committee on Internal Affairs
- 1. Membership
- a. The membership of the Committee on Internal Affairs
- is restricted to duly serving members of the Senate.
- b. The Executive Vice President is the President of the
- Senate and the Senate’s Parliamentarian and shall
- serve as an ex-officio member of the Committee on
- Internal Affairs.
- 2. Responsibilities
- a. The Committee on Internal Affairs shall be tasked
- with the following responsibilities:
- i. To deal with all matters related to the internal
- affairs of the Senate, with the exclusion of
- matters related to the Senate’s budget which
- are restricted to the Committee on Finance.
- ii. To deal with matters related to amendments
- of the SGA Constitution, the SGA Bylaws
- and the Senate Procedural Rules.
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- iii. To deal with matters related to amendments
- of the Committee on Student Elections
- (CSE) Bylaws and other appropriate
- governing student documents, excluding
- revising the SAC Bylaws, a power which is
- reserved to the Committee on Finance, and
- the SGA Judiciary Bylaws, which are
- reserved by the Constitution to the Judiciary
- itself.
- iv. To handle all appointments of SGA officials
- as prescribed by statue, including the
- evaluation of the Executive President’s
- judicial nominees, and to recommend to the
- Senate their appointment or rejection.
- v. To help facilitate the impeachment process
- by holding proceedings to make findings of
- fact and regulation and providing an
- informed perspective to the Senate.
- vi. To conduct ethical or disciplinary hearings of
- SGA members and refer to the Senate such
- cases with its recommendations.
- vii. To deal with all other legislation that relates
- to the internal affairs of the Senate.
- iv. Committee on Finance
- 1. Membership
- a. The membership of the Committee on Finance is
- restricted to duly serving members of the Senate.
- 2. Responsibilities
- a. The Committee on Finance shall be tasked with the
- following responsibilities:
- i. To deal with the financial matters of the
- Student Government, including
- appropriations, funding procedures, and
- financial management.
- ii. To evaluate and vote on all legislation that
- allocates funds from the Senate.
- iii. To collaborate with the Committee on
- Student Organizations and the Student
- Activities Commission (SAC) to guarantee
- the success of student organizations by
- aiding groups through their grant and
- sponsorship request process.
- iv. To advise the Executive Treasurer on matters
- related to funding.
- v. Committee on Health, Safety, and Sustainability
- 1. Membership
- a. The membership of the Committee on Health, Safety,
- and Sustainability is not inherently statutorily
- restricted on the basis of Senate membership.
- 2. Responsibilities
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- a. The Committee on Health, Safety, and Sustainability
- shall be tasked with the following responsibilities:
- i. To deal with matters pertaining to the health
- and safety of the student body.
- ii. To take up measures related to sustainability
- and facilities, as applicable to the Johns
- Hopkins community.
- iii. To work with Campus Safety and Security,
- Student Life, Health and Wellness Center
- administrators, and other University officials
- to advocate and ensure the health, safety, and
- well-being of students.
- iv. To work with the Recycling Center and the
- Office of Sustainability to advance
- sustainable practices. To work with the Vice
- President for Facilities and Real Estate as
- well as other University administrators to
- advance the interests of the student body
- with respect to real estate, buildings and
- grounds, auxiliary services, facilities, and
- related matters.
- vi. Committee on Student Organizations
- 1. Membership
- a. The membership of the Committee on Student
- Organizations is restricted to a minimum of ten, duly
- serving members of the Senate.
- b. The Executive Treasurer is the Chairman of the SAC
- and shall serve as an ex-officio member of the
- Committee on Student Organizations.
- 2. Responsibilities
- a. The Committee on Student Organizations shall be
- tasked with the following responsibilities:
- i. To conduct hearings with leaders of proposed
- student organizations to evaluate and
- determine their recognition status within the
- SGA.
- ii. To work to ensure inter-organizational
- collaboration among the clubs, groups, and
- organizations of the undergraduate
- population at Hopkins.
- iii. To work with student organizations to
- advance their goals and to help facilitate their
- continued success.
- iv. To work with other organs of the SGA,
- including the SAC and the CMC, to ensure
- and promote the success of student
- organizations.
- v. To ensure that University resources,
- including usage of the Hopkins logos,
- funding, facilities and other resources are
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- used only by approved student groups and
- that such resources are distributed fairly and
- utilized responsibly.
- vi. To ensure that approved student
- organizations remain in good standing with
- the SGA and the University, and to
- recommend corrective actions to the Senate
- when groups violate SGA, University, local,
- state, and/or federal rules, regulations, and/or
- laws.
- vii. To establish protocols for applying to be an
- approved student organization and
- regulations governing the types and
- standards of such organizations.
- viii. To work with University officials, including
- the Coordinator for Student Organizations;
- the Associate Dean of Student Engagement;
- administrators of programs housing student
- organizations such as the Office of
- Multicultural Affairs, the Interfaith Center,
- the Department of Athletics and Recreation,
- the Center for Social Concern, the
- Homewood Arts Programs, and the Digital
- Media Center; and other University
- personnel, to advance collaboration and
- standardization of expectations for student
- organizations.
- ix. To take up other measures relating to student
- organizations.
- vii. Committee on Student Services
- 1. Membership
- a. The membership of the Committee on Student
- Services is not inherently statutorily restricted on the
- basis of Senate membership.
- 2. Responsibilities
- a. The Committee on Student Services shall be tasked
- with the following responsibilities:
- i. To evaluate proposals for SGA sponsorship
- of events.
- ii. To work to provide SGA-sponsored services
- to fill needs that the University
- administration cannot or will not provide.
- iii. To work towards improving existing services
- available to students.
- iv. To work with student organizations, the
- University, and businesses to advance the
- aforementioned responsibilities.
- v. To take up other measures relating to student
- services.
- 5. Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate
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- a. Chairs and Vice-Chairs
- i. The Internal Affairs Committee and Finance Committee shall each have
- two chairs automatically.
- ii. Every other standing and ad-hoc committee shall have one chair and
- one vice chair.
- b. Selection of the Chair
- i. The Executive Vice President, as President of the Senate, shall schedule
- and preside over the first meeting of each Standing Legislative
- Committee in order to facilitate, and until, the election of the
- committee’s chair.
- ii. Within one (1) week of the Senate’s first General Body meeting, each
- Standing Legislative Committee of the Senate shall meet to elect its
- Chair or co-chair.
- iii. At this first committee meeting, the Executive Vice President shall call
- to order the committee. The Executive Vice President shall then ask for
- secret paper ballot nominations of committee members to serve as chair
- of the committee. Only duly serving members of the Senate may be
- nominated as committee chairs. Individuals may not serve as chair of
- more than one (1) committee, or as the chair of a committee if they are
- the vice-chair for another committee.
- iv. Upon collecting the nominations, the Executive Vice President shall
- read the nomination aloud and ask each nominee if he or she would like
- to perform the service of committee chair.
- v. Those responding in the affirmative shall each give short speeches
- outlining their qualifications and priorities.
- vi. Without a discussion, each Senate member on the committee shall then
- cast a vote for the chair by confidential paper ballot.
- vii. Any candidate receiving a plurality of votes will then be installed as
- committee chair or co-chair and will be sworn in by the Executive Vice
- President.
- viii. The Executive Vice President and Executive Treasurer, in their
- respective roles as ex-officio members of the Internal Affairs
- Committee and of the Finance Committee, shall also serve as respective
- ex-officio co-chairs of those committees.
- ix. If no candidate receives a plurality, the Executive Vice President shall
- cast a tie breaking vote.
- x. The Committee Chair’s term of office shall extend for the term of the
- Senate.
- c. Selection of the Vice-Chair
- i. The Chair of the Committee (excluding the Internal Affairs and Finance
- committees) must nominate a Vice-Chair for their committee upon their
- election as chair or at the following committee meeting.
- ii. The Vice-Chair of a committee must be a duly elected SGA Senator and
- must be an official member of the committee for which they are a
- Vice-Chair.
- iii. The Vice-Chair must not be the Chair or Vice Chair of another
- committee.
- iv. After the Chair submits their nomination of a Vice-Chair to their
- committee, the committee members must approve the selection with a
- 2/3rds vote.
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- 6. Chairs of the Ad-hoc Committees of the Senate
- a. The legislation providing for the establishment of the particular ad-hoc
- committee shall designate a chair.
- b. The term of the Chair of an Ad-hoc Committee of the Senate shall expire when
- the term of the committee itself expires at the end of the semester.
- 7. Responsibilities of Committee Chairs
- a. Chairs of Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate and Ad-hoc
- Committees of the Senate shall having the following responsibilities:
- i. To issue a committee report at General Body meetings, informing the
- Senate of relevant projects and actions of the committee and its
- members.
- ii. To submit legislation with recommendations to the Executive Vice
- President and Executive Secretary.
- iii. To create the agenda for each committee meeting and publish these
- agendas to the Senate.
- iv. To appoint a member of the respective committee to take the minutes of
- each meeting.
- v. To send a copy of the committee minutes to the Executive Secretary in a
- timely manner.
- vi. To meet regularly with the Executive Board to report on committee
- operations.
- vii. To perform certain other functions as situations necessitate.
- viii. To maintain suggestion boxes as needed to provide for the needs of the
- student body
- 1. It shall be the duty of the chair of the SSC to appoint
- committee members to gather the suggestions left in the boxes.
- 2. To report on the contents of the suggestion boxes bi-weekly at
- SGA general body meetings.
- b. Co-chairs of the Finance and Internal Affairs Committees and Chairs and Vice
- Chairs of Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate and Ad-hoc
- Committees of the Senate shall having the following additional responsibilities:
- i. By the end of September, co-chairs/chair and vice chair must submit a
- cooperation plan to the Executive Vice President detailing an agreement
- between each co-chair/ chair vice chair on how they plan to work
- cooperatively to run their committee
- 1. Plans must include but are not limited to:
- a. Means of communication and response time
- b. Workflow in terms of planning committee meetings
- and projects
- c. Means of conflict resolution
- d. Limited-use Mental Health and Academic Stress
- related provisions under which responsibilities can
- temporarily be waived
- 2. The requirement to have a plan can be waived if both
- co-chairs/the chair and vice chair sign a waiver or otherwise
- inform the Executive Vice President stating that they do not
- feel the need to have a cooperation plan.
- a. If a cooperation plan is waived, a co-chair/chair or
- vice chair has the right to request a cooperation plan
- at any point throughout the year.
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- b. Requests must be sent in an email to the Executive
- Vice President and their co-chair/chair or vice chair,
- and cooperation plans must be created and submitted
- to the Executive Vice President within 10 days of the
- request.
- 3. The Executive Vice President may reject any cooperation plan
- deemed to be insufficient. Rejections can be overturned by a
- 4/5ths vote of the committee that the agreement applies to.
- 4. For cooperation plans concerning the Internal Affairs
- Committee, the Executive President shall fill the role of the
- Executive Vice President in the processes outlined in this
- section of the Bylaws.
- 5. Cooperation plans must be shared with senate committee
- members.
- 6. Cooperation plans may not be changed without the approval of
- the Executive Vice President.
- 7. Failure to follow the rules within this section of the Bylaws is a
- formal violation of the Bylaws, and may lead to the
- consequences associated with such.
- 8. Both co-chairs/chair and vice-chair must express their approval
- of the cooperation plan in writing or email to the Executive
- Vice President.
- 9. If cooperation plans are not submitted and are not waived, the
- co-chairs/chair and vice chair shall be automatically removed
- and a new election for co-chairs/chair or vice chair will be
- held.
- 10. If one co-chair/chair or vice chair believes that it was not
- possible for them to submit a cooperation plan because the
- other co-chair/chair or vice chair refused to cooperate, they
- may petition the Judiciary to rule on the question of whether
- failure to submit a cooperative plan was solely or mostly by the
- fault of one of the co-chairs/chair or vice chair. If they rule that
- to be the case, the co-chair/chair or vice chair who was ruled to
- have been mostly or completely responsible for the failure to
- produce a mutually-agreed upon cooperative plan shall be
- removed as committee chair.
- a. After chair removal, the committee must take a vote
- to appoint a new chair.
- i. The removed chair may not participate in
- committee chair-related deliberations or vote
- on matters concerning committee chairs after
- their removal, and may not become the chair
- of any committee through the end of their
- term.
- ii. The vice chair shall not automatically
- become the chair if the chair is removed
- through this process, but may run in the chair
- election.
- b. After Vice Chair removal, the Chair shall appoint a
- new Vice Chair, subject to committee approval
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- c. Vice-Chairs of Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate and Ad-Hoc
- Committees shall have the following responsibilities:
- i. Vice-Chairs shall fulfill the duties of the chair whenever they are not
- present at meetings or otherwise unavailable. They must fulfill all the
- responsibilities of the chair when the chair is on leave or absent at a
- meeting, and highlighted duties include:
- 1. Chairing committee meetings when the chair is absent
- 2. Updating the Senate on committee activities during GBM
- when the chair is absent
- ii. Vice-Chairs shall assist the Chairs in all their duties as agreed upon
- between the Chair, the Vice-Chair, and the committee at large.
- 8. Committee Meetings
- a. The Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate shall be required to regularly
- meet at least once every two (2) weeks, with the expressed exception of the
- Committee on Finance and the Committee on Internal Affairs, which shall meet
- as needed at the discretion of the Committee Co-Chairs.
- b. The Chairs of Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate that are required to
- meet regularly shall, at the first committee meeting of the term, discuss with
- committee members potential times to meet at least once every two (2) weeks.
- c. During the first meeting of every Standing Legislative Committee of the Senate,
- the Chairs – if they choose – shall designate one committee member to take
- minutes during every committee meeting, otherwise they themselves shall take
- the minutes.
- d. In accordance with the Constitution, any student is welcome to observe any
- committee meetings.
- e. Committees may, in accordance with the Constitution, close meetings to discuss
- sensitive personnel matters by a 2/3 vote of the committee. However, all voting
- must take place in public with individual votes recorded as prescribed by Senate
- rules and legislation.
- f. Any member of the three SGA branches is welcome to attend committee
- meetings, even those closed by the committee itself.
- 9. Removal of Chairs or Members of a Committee of the Senate
- a. The Chair of a Standing Legislative Committee of the Senate or an Ad-hoc
- Committee of the Senate may be removed by a ¾ vote of the committee itself, or
- by a 2/3 vote of the Senate as a whole.
- b. A member of a committee may only be removed by a ¾ vote of the Senate as a
- whole.
- c. If a Committee chooses to remove a chair by a 2/3 vote of the Committee itself,
- they must abide by the following procedures.
- i. A senate member of a committee must submit the signatures of at least
- 1/2 of the senate members of the committee calling for the removal of
- the committee chair to the Executive Vice President.
- 1. When there is an odd amount of senators in the committee, the
- number of signatures required shall be rounded up.
- ii. The Executive Vice President shall convene a meeting no later than 2
- weeks after the receipt of the signatures calling for the removal of a
- committee chair to hear arguments for and against chair removal and to
- hold a vote to remove the chair.
- iii. At a minimum, the chair under consideration for removal must be
- allowed the opportunity to speak, and a senator calling for the chair’s
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- removal must be allowed an equal opportunity to speak. Speaking order
- should be determined by some form of chance.
- iv. After speeches from the chair under consideration and from an accuser,
- senate members of the committee shall enter into deliberations. The
- chair under consideration of removal must not be present for
- deliberations. After deliberations have concluded, senate members of
- the committee must vote by secret ballot on whether to remove the
- chair. The chair under consideration for removal cannot participate in
- this ballot.
- v. If the chair is removed, they shall be thanked for their service and
- downgraded to a regular senate member of the committee.
- vi. Upon removal of a single chair of a committee, the Executive Vice
- President shall hold an election for a new chair no later than one week
- after the removal of the original chair.
- 1. The Vice-Chair shall not automatically succeed the Chair in the
- case of Chair removal by Committee or Senate vote, but may
- run in the election to replace the chair.
- vii. The removed chair may not run in the chair election held to determine
- their replacement.
- viii. The Executive Vice President cannot be removed from the Internal
- Affairs Committee and the Executive Treasurer cannot be removed from
- the Finance Committee.
- d. Removal of the chair of a committee, or of a member of the committee, done by
- the full senate, shall proceed in identical fashion to impeachment proceedings as
- prescribed by the Constitution and further expounded upon by supporting
- statutes.
- e. Vice-Chairs may be removed by the Chair of a committee in consultation and
- with the consent of the Executive Board.
- i. In order to remove a Vice-Chair, the Chair of a committee must submit
- in writing/email why they feel that they require a new Vice-Chair to the
- Executive President and Vice President.
- ii. Upon receiving the request to remove a Vice-Chair, the Executive Board
- shall convene separate meetings with the Chair and Vice Chair of the
- committee to further discuss the issue, and may convene a meeting with
- the Chair and Vice Chair if desired.
- iii. If the Executive Board determines that whatever the Chair believes
- necessitates the removal of the Vice Chair cannot be resolved, the
- Executive Board shall consent to the removal of the Vice Chair and the
- Chair shall appoint a new Vice Chair.
- 1. The Executive Board should generally defer to the judgement
- of the Chair
- iv. The Chair of a committee may also remove a Vice-Chair by submitting
- written notice to the members of the committee of why they want to
- remove the Vice-Chair.
- 1. The committee shall then vote on the removal of the
- Vice-Chair, with a 2/3rds vote required to remove the
- Vice-Chair.
- f. Any member of the Senate who is impeached in accordance with the Constitution
- and relieved from the duties of the Senate are thus automatically removed from
- all Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate and Ad-hoc Committees of the
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- Senate.
- g. Chairs and Vice-Chairs of Committees may resign from Committee leadership
- positions.
- i. If the Chair resigns, the Vice-Chair shall temporarily serve as Chair
- until new Chair elections can be held under the procedures described
- above.
- ii. If the Vice-Chair resigns, the Chair shall appoint a new Vice-Chair.
- iii. Notices of resignation of Committee leadership must be sent to the
- Executive Vice President.
- 10. Committee Vacancies
- a. Any vacancies within Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate or Ad-hoc
- Committees of the Senate created by the departure of a member of the Senate
- shall be filled by the Executive Vice President and confirmed by a plurality of the
- Senate.
- b. Any vacancies within Standing Legislative Committees of the Senate or Ad-hoc
- Committees of the Senate created by the departure of a non-member of the
- Senate shall be left vacant unless filled by Senate legislation.
- IV. LEGISLATION OF THE SENATE
- 1. Scope
- i. This article shall apply to all legislation taken up by the Legislative Branch of the SGA.
- ii. Should any part of this article be found unconstitutional, such part shall be considered severable
- and the rest of the article shall remain in effect.
- 2. Process
- i. Legislation shall be written by any member of the Legislative or Executive Branches of SGA. ii.
- Legislation shall take one of two forms:
- 1. A bill, which formally enacts a law within the scope defined by the Constitution; or
- 2. A resolution, which formally declares the opinion of the Senate and thus the Student
- Body.
- ii. Legislation shall require and document the presence of:
- 1. At least one (1) introducer (also known as an author or composer);
- 2. At least two (2) co-sponsors of the Legislative Branch who are not introducers;
- iii. Legislation shall be written in any mainstream serif font (Times New Roman, Palatino, Garamond,
- Baskerville, etc.) and, by precedent, be headed with the round, golden-blue seal of the SGA.
- iv. Upon receiving sponsorship of at least two (2) members of the Legislative Branch, the original
- sponsor of the Bill or Resolution shall submit the legislation to the Executive Vice President.
- v. The Executive Vice President shall then forward the legislation to the appropriate Committee Chair
- for the committee’s consideration and alert the Senate of the received legislation and its committee
- hearing date.
- vi. All legislation must be considered by a Committee of the Senate before being considered by the
- Senate itself. In the most exceptional of cases, the Executive Vice President shall be empowered to
- waive this requirement in order to allow the Senate to directly address pressing matters.
- vii. Once legislation is referred to a Committee of the Senate, the Committee shall deliberate and vote
- upon a recommendation to the Senate for the legislation’s adoption or rejection. A plurality vote
- shall be necessary to recommend legislation’s adoption or rejection, or to undertake other
- committee actions. A committee may also elect to advance legislation to the Senate with no
- recommendation, if after significant deliberation, the committee elects to do so. A tie vote within a
- committee brings the legislation before the Senate with no recommendation.
- 1. Upon passage in committee, legislation may be amended by mutual agreement of the
- committee chair and the legislation’s introducer so long as the amendment does not alter
- the intention of the bill.
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- viii. All legislation, pursuant to the Constitution, must be adopted by the full Senate. A Committee
- alone is not empowered to take any direct action other than to recommend and refer action to the
- Senate as a whole.
- ix. Upon receiving the recommendation of a Committee of the Senate, the Executive Vice President
- shall introduce the legislation to the Senate and call upon its original sponsor to discuss its merits
- and field questions from the Senate.
- x. The legislation shall then be deliberated upon, pursuant to the Senate’s rules and procedures, and
- the Senate shall eventually vote for the legislation’s adoption or rejection.
- xi. If the Senate votes to adopt the legislation, the Executive Vice President shall affix the Seal of the
- Senate to the legislation. The Executive President, Executive Vice President, Executive Treasurer
- and Executive Secretary will then place their signatures at the bottom of the legislation so as to
- confirm its adoption. The legislation will then have the full force and effect of law.
- 1. For ceremonial purposes, the introducer(s) and co-sponsors shall have the right to sign the
- legislation as well.
- xii. If the Senate votes to reject the legislation, the Executive Vice President shall indicate its rejection
- and place their signature at the bottom so as to confirm its rejection. The Executive Vice President
- shall not affix the Seal of the Senate to rejected legislation.
- V. STUDENT ACTIVITIES COMMISSION
- 1. General Policies
- i. The Student Activities Commission, hereafter referred to as SAC, shall be a subsidiary of the SGA
- Finance Committee.
- 1. In the event that there are 8 or less members in the Finance Committee, then all Finance
- Committee members shall be voting members of SAC.
- 2. In the event that there are more than 8 members in the Finance Committee, at each
- convening of SAC, it shall be the responsibility of the Executive Treasurer to ensure that
- no more than 8 Finance Committee members attend as voting members.
- a. In the event that there are more than 8 Finance Committee members interested in
- attending a SAC meeting as a voting member, the Executive Treasurer shall
- allow the first 8 members who RSVP for the SAC meeting to attend as voting
- members.
- 3. All Finance Committee members are required to attend any SAC meeting regardless of
- whether or not they are a voting member for said meeting.
- 4. All funding decisions will be passed by a simple majority.
- ii. The SAC shall be comprised of eight voting Commissioners, appointed by the SGA Executive
- Treasurer and confirmed by a majority vote of the Senate.
- iii. All SAC Commissioners and finance committee members shall be eligible to 1 vote in every
- decision.
- 1. The SGA Executive Treasurer shall only vote in the case of a tie.
- 2. Any person at a SAC meeting who is a part of an organization that submitted a grant, shall
- be asked to leave while the committee discusses the grant and will be unable to vote on
- said grant.
- 3. All votes shall be a simple majority vote
- iv. The SGA Executive Treasurer shall chair the SAC.
- v. All student groups recognized by the SGA will be eligible for funding from the SAC including
- monthly grants; however groups which receive annual funding from another source will not be
- eligible for an annual allocation.
- 1. The SAC will not consider grants submitted by individual students or groups not
- recognized by the SGA.
- 2. Class Councils will be eligible for monthly grant funds.
- vi. The SGA Treasurer shall have the right with approval of a ⅔ majority vote of the Senate to remove
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- any member of SAC.
- 1. The collective SAC body (including both commissioners and Finance Committee
- Members) can request the removal of a commissioner by a ⅔ vote to then be approved by
- a ⅔ majority vote of the Senate.
- vii. The SAC will evaluate grant proposals based on the following four criteria:
- 1. The SAC Funding Guidelines
- 2. Feasibility
- 3. Impact
- 4. other funding sources that the club is receiving for the proposal.
- viii. The SAC shall be responsible for maintaining a set of funding policies and caps by which all
- decisions shall be based. These will be set annually and approved or amended by the Senate in the
- month prior to reregistration. In addition, they must publish these policies and caps to the student
- body once approved by the Senate.
- ix. SAC has the right to revoke funding by a ⅔ majority vote of the SAC for violation of SAC
- funding guidelines or policies.
- x. SAC is responsible to provide budgets and balances to student organizations if requested.
- xi. The Senate can overturn any decision of the SAC by a ⅔ majority vote.
- xii. The chair of the finance committee will be required to provide bi-weekly updates to the Senate on
- all decisions made by SAC in addition to the regular updates of the treasurer.
- 2. Annual Grants
- i. Annual appropriation decisions shall be made by the SAC within one month of the completion of
- reregistration.
- ii. Organizations will not be eligible for annual grants if they receive annual funding outside of SAC.
- iii. Organizations that have been recognized or reestablished shall not be eligible for annual
- allocations until the following school year. This includes organizations recognized or reestablished
- in the fall semester.
- 1. This will exclude governing boards, who will become eligible for annual grants
- immediately upon recognition.
- iv. The Treasurer can then, if necessary, apply a universally proportional cut across all groups to
- ensure that the given amount is equal to the amount available to give out.
- v. The final annual budget allocations will require Senate confirmation by a majority vote.
- 1. The allocations must be submitted a minimum of 10 days prior to the vote.
- 2. The Senate has the right to amend any budget on the floor by a majority vote.
- vi. Neither the SAC nor SGA shall publish the annual allocations.
- vii. Should any student organization fall into debt with their University account, they will immediately
- become ineligible for all SAC funding including both the annual allocation and monthly grants
- until there is a positive or zero balance in their account.
- 1. SAC must notify organizations in the deficit at least 30 days prior to the annual allocation
- process to allow the organizations to correct it before allocations.
- 3. Monthly Grants
- i. The SAC shall meet bi-weekly (once every other week) during the fall and spring semester starting
- in October based on a schedule set at the start of the semester to discuss monthly budget requests.
- ii. Organizations are eligible for monthly grants immediately upon SGA recognition.
- iii. Each meeting will be given a maximum budget set as the total amount of money in the monthly
- grant account divided by the number of meetings in the school year.
- 1. Any unused funds from previous meetings will be redistributed to all following meetings.
- iv. In order for a meeting to commence, a majority of SAC must be present.
- v. A single group cannot receive more than 40% of the meeting budget.
- 4. Recruitment Procedures
- i. Each year, the executive treasurer will be responsible for filling any vacancies left open by
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- members who have either graduated or given up their duties on the SAC.
- ii. The recruiting process shall be divided into three parts
- 1. An application designed to gauge interest in and knowledge of the body
- 2. An interview with the treasurer and SAC board members
- 3. Confirmation from a majority vote of the Senate.
- iii. SAC membership should be based on the merit of the individual and should be justifiable to the
- SGA Senate for confirmation.
- iv. All appointments made by the SGA Treasurer shall have to be approved by the SGA Senate by a
- simple majority.
- VI. SENATE VACANCIES
- 1. In the event of any vacancy, the vacancy shall be announced to the relevant constituents through an email
- that includes a notification of the process and/or application by which the position shall be filled.
- 2. Senatorial Vacancy
- i. In the case of a Senatorial vacancy, the remaining members of the Class Council shall choose a
- new Senator, following the process herein prescribed subject to any constitutional restrictions.
- 1. The Class President shall immediately assemble the Class Council and inform them of the
- vacancy.
- 2. The Class Council shall then collectively draft an application to fill the vacant seat.
- 3. This application shall then be disseminated to every member of the class within seven (7)
- business days of the vacancy being created. Business days shall refer to all days when
- University classes are held on the Homewood campus.
- 4. The Class Council shall then conduct interviews of any candidates it deems qualified for
- the position. These interviews must conclude within seven (7) business days of the
- dissemination of the applications.
- 5. Within two (2) business days of these interviews, the Class Council must vote on
- candidates. Voting to confirm a new senator shall follow the plurality scheme; the
- candidate receiving the most votes shall be nominated by the Class Council to fill the seat.
- ii. The Senate shall then, in accordance with the Constitution, vote to confirm or reject the Class
- Council’s nominee.
- iii. If the Senate votes to reject the nominee, the Class Council shall immediately convene again to
- either vote on one of the other candidates or restart the entire process.
- iv. The relevant Class President and the Executive Board shall keep the Student Body informed of
- any decisions throughout this process.
- 3. Class Presidential Vacancy
- i. In the case of a Class Presidential vacancy, the remaining members of the Class Council shall
- choose a new President from among themselves, following the process herein prescribed subject to
- any constitutional restrictions.
- 1. The Executive Vice President shall immediately assembly the Class Council and inform
- them of the vacancy.
- 2. The Class Council shall then collectively gather secret paper ballot nominations of Class
- Council members to fill the vacant seat from within the Council itself.
- 3. Upon collecting the nominations, the Executive Vice President shall read the nomination
- aloud and ask each nominee if he or she would like to perform the service of Class
- President.
- 4. Those responding in the affirmative shall each give short speeches outlining their
- qualifications and priorities at the next Class Council meeting (within five business days
- of the vacancy being created).
- 5. Without discussion, each council member – including the outgoing Class President – shall
- then cast a vote for Class President by roll call vote.
- 6. Voting to confirm a new Class President shall follow the plurality scheme; the candidate
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- receiving the most votes shall be elected.
- a. If a tie occurs, a second vote shall be held.
- b. If another tie occurs, successive elections will occur until a President is selected.
- ii. Once nominated by the Class Council, the nominee must face a confirmation vote by the Senate at
- its next meeting.
- VII. COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING COMMISSION
- 1. The Communications and Marketing Commission, hereafter referred to as the CMC, shall be a subsidiary
- group of the Student Government Association organized within the Office of the Executive Secretary.
- 2. The CMC shall operate according to a set of CMC Bylaws set by the Senate.
- 3. The CMC shall be tasked with all matters related to the marketing and promotion of the SGA, including but
- not limited to: social media management, website maintenance and construction, and graphic design.
- 4. The CMC shall be comprised of at least five voting Communications and Marketing Aides, appointed by
- the SGA Executive Secretary with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate.
- i. In the event of a vacancy, the SGA Executive Secretary may appoint replacement members as
- outlined in the preceding section or may divide responsibilities among the remaining CMC
- members.
- 5. The SGA Executive Secretary shall chair the CMC but shall only vote when a tie exists.
- 6. Quorum shall be set at half plus one of the membership of CMC.
- 7. The Senate shall, under the Constitution, retain its oversight prerogatives over the CMC.
- VIII. POLICY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
- 1. The Policy Research and Development Commission, hereafter referred to as PRDC, shall be a subsidiary
- group of the Student Government Association organized within the Office of the Executive Vice President.
- 2. The PRDC shall operate according to a set of PRDC Bylaws, which shall elaborate on matters not
- delineated here. The PRDC Bylaws shall be set by the Senate.
- 3. The PRDC shall be comprised of at least five voting Policy Advisors, appointed by the SGA Executive Vice
- President with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate.
- i. At the discretion of the Executive Vice President, a Policy Advisor may be promoted to a “Senior
- Policy Advisor of [area of expertise]” if said Policy Advisor has a specific portfolio of area of
- issues on which they are uniquely capable, experienced, or qualified to advise the SGA.
- ii. In the event of a vacancy, the SGA Executive Vice President may appoint replacement members or
- may divide responsibilities among the remaining PRDC Policy Advisors.
- 4. The PRDC shall be tasked with:
- i. Service to and Collaboration with Additional SGA Organs
- 1. The Senate, committees, class councils, the SAC, the CMC, the Judiciary and the CSE
- may request that the PRDC conduct research on an issue on their behalf.
- ii. Service to and Collaboration with JHU Student Organizations
- 1. Undergraduate student organizations may request the aid of the PRDC in conducting
- policy research, development, and statistical analysis in their own activities.
- 2. The PRDC is expected to prioritize reports requested by the SGA, then focus on reports
- for student organizations.
- iii. Conducting policy research and development on behalf of the SGA.
- 1. Harnessing advanced research tools to execute its duties, including but not limited to:
- a. Articles obtained from accredited academic institutions or publications
- b. Government reports or publications
- c. Documents in the JHU Sheridan Libraries Special Collections and Archives
- d. Computer code (Java, C, C+, Python, R, MatLab, etc.)
- e. ArcGIS
- f. Stata
- g. SPSS
- h. ERDAS
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- i. ENVI
- iv. Publishing Reports
- 1. The PRDC shall have the ability to make reports to the Senate and other organs of the
- SGA based on its research. The PRDC shall make at least 1 report to the Senate every
- semester.
- 2. The PRDC shall produce and publish publicly at least 2 policy reports per semester.
- 3. The PRDC shall have the ability to send reports to the University administration.
- 4. Reports may include a recommended course of action if and only if the recommended
- course of action is (a) supported by the data in the report and (b) the recommended course
- of action has been formally endorsed by the Senate through motion or formal resolution.
- v. The SGA Executive Vice President shall chair the PRDC but shall only vote when a tie exists.
- vi. Quorum shall be set at half plus one of the membership of the PRDC.
- vii. The Senate shall, under the Constitution, retain its oversight prerogatives over the PRDC.
- IX. STUDENT GROUPS
- 1. Scope
- i. This article shall apply to all dealings with current and proposed student organizations by the
- Committee on Student Organizations and the SGA Senate.
- ii. Should any part of this article be found unconstitutional, such part shall be considered severable
- and the rest of the article shall remain in effect.
- 2. Recognition of Proposed Student Organizations
- i. The SGA Senate has, under the Constitution, jurisdiction over the appointment process of new
- student organizations.
- ii. The Committee on Student Organizations shall receive applications for proposed student
- organizations and determine, along with the Coordinator of Student Organizations, which Category
- these groups fall under.
- 1. All JHU student organizations currently categorized as: Academic and Research, Center
- for Social Concern, Dean of Student Life Charter Organizations, Sports Clubs and
- Fraternity and Sorority Life will be eligible for additional recognition by SGA and thus
- eligible for SAC monthly grants.
- a. For annual grant eligibility, they must drop their recognition outside of SGA.
- 2. They will be reviewed and confirmed by a majority vote of the Committee on Student
- Organizations on a rolling basis.
- iii. The Committee on Student Organizations shall conduct hearings with the Coordinator of Student
- Organizations and leaders of proposed groups to evaluate the uniqueness and feasibility of their
- mission, the establishment of a longitudinal organizational structure, the level of risk and their
- contribution to on-campus student life.
- iv. The Committee on Student Organizations shall vote on whether to recognize the existence and
- provide funding for proposed student organizations. Committee quorum and a simple majority is
- required for the committee’s determination to be in effect.
- 1. The Committee’s decision shall be referred to the Coordinator of Student Organizations,
- by the end of the academic term at which the application was submitted, to finalize the
- new group registration process.
- 2. The Committee’s decision shall be referred to the SGA Treasurer and the Student
- Activities Commission to give new organizations access to start-up funds and student
- group grants.
- v. A decision to recognize or deny a proposed student organization by the Committee on Student
- Organizations can be appealed by any SGA Senator with a simple majority vote, at which point
- the General Body will evaluate the proposed student organization and vote on a final determination
- of its recognition.
- 3. Current Student Organizations
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- i. The SGA Senate is, under the Constitution, empowered to pass legislation governing student
- groups.
- ii. All student organizations recognized by the SGA Senate shall undergo a yearly review of their
- operations by the Committee on Student Organizations, upon which their yearly budget grant from
- SAC shall be contingent.
- iii. A decision to revoke recognition of an existing student organization by the Committee on Student
- Organizations can be appealed by any SGA Senator with a simple majority vote, at which point
- the General Body will evaluate the student organization and vote on a final determination of its
- recognition.
- iv. Student groups may not disallow any member the right to vote with regard to race, color, creed,
- religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, citizenship, or
- handicap. This requirement may be waived in circumstances in which an individual group has a
- specific reason – related to the impending graduation of group members – as to why members set
- to graduate in the academic year following the election should not be allowed to vote in a group
- election.
- 1. If the group wishes to waive this requirement, they must present a case to the SGA Senate
- explaining why graduating members should not be allowed to vote in an election. If the
- SGA rules in the group’s favor, then the class of graduating members will not be allowed
- to vote. The disallowance of graduating members, if approved, must apply to every
- member of the group, without exception, who is to graduate in the semester following the
- election.
- v. Student groups must ensure that all students have the right to express their chosen pronoun, chosen
- name, and gender identity in all documents, programs, and material.
- vi. All laws passed by the SGA governing approved student organizations shall be compiled into a
- singular document and sent to the leaders of the student organization at the beginning of each
- school year.
- vii. All Senators should be paired with a set number of student organizations, with Senators belonging
- to the Committee on Student Organizations taking on 3-4 organizations more than those not on the
- committee. Upon the inauguration of freshmen senators, they shall be assigned to a number of
- organizations equal to that of other senators. The senator originally assigned to that organization
- shall be retained as an advisor to the freshman senator.
- 1. The procedures for pairing shall be the duty and discretion of the Chair(s) of the CSO and
- shall take place by mid-July at the earliest.
- 2. No Senator should be paired with an organization that would constitute a conflict of
- interest.
- viii. The senators shall act as a point of contact for the student organizations that they are paired with
- and should be in regular communication.
- 1. The senators shall be responsible for first contacting their paired student organizations
- within the week following the pairings of the Senators to organizations.
- ix. The senators should help guide their student organizations to the correct sources of information or
- committee.
- 4. Student and Student Organization Application Updates
- i. The SGA shall strive to keep students and student organizations apprised of the status of their
- applications to itself or its constituent bodies – including committees, class councils, the SAC, and
- the CMC.
- 1. For applications requiring two or more weeks to approve or deny, the following measures
- shall be used to maintain these channels of communication:
- a. Students shall have the right to request an update on their application’s progress
- every two weeks, even if a final outcome cannot be provided at that time.
- b. For each application process, the SGA shall publish an estimated timeline with
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- general stages and timeframes on the process of approval and denial, as well as
- relevant points of contacts, on the SGA website.
- i. The SGA shall email the aforementioned timeline to all application
- submissions’ authors.
- X. INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY
- 1. Records
- i. Public Disclosure
- 1. All SGA records shall be presented to the public in an online JHBox that is accessible in
- less than 2 clicks from the SGA website homepage or 4 clicks from the SGA’s social
- media pages.
- a. Any SGA document deliberated in the public sphere – legislation, minutes, and
- working documents – shall be placed into JHBox within a week of creation.
- ii. Freedom of Information
- 1. Any JHU undergraduate’s request for SGA information sent to HopkinsGroups or the
- SGA website shall be honored within a week of request, and if information cannot be
- provided, a legitimate legal, or personal privacy-related reason shall be provided in
- writing. Denied requests may be appealed to the Judiciary. All requests, fulfilled or
- denied, shall be listed in the SGA public records.
- iii. Longevity
- 1. At the end of every academic year, the Internal Affairs Committee shall store all of SGA’s
- digital records for protection in a secondary technological archive. The records shall be
- housed in the SGA Office.
- iv. Minutes
- 1. Minutes shall, at the very least, always include the following:
- a. The date, time, and location of a meeting.
- b. Those present at and absent from a SGA meeting, including whether the absence
- is excused or unexcused.
- c. Any guests in attendance at the meeting.
- d. The matters discussed in a meeting.
- e. The main ideas discussed within each matter.
- f. The major points or motions raised during the meeting.
- g. All votes made during the meeting, conditional upon a final bill vote being
- executed by roll call, each senator’s vote will be recorded.
- 2. Minutes shall be made available to the Executive Secretary no later than a week from the
- meeting at which they were recorded. Failure to send minutes shall be noted on the SGA
- website.
- 3. Worklog
- a. An SGA work log shall be created at the beginning of the school year, no later
- than the first General Body Meeting, by the Executive Secretary of SGA. The
- SGA work log shall be made accessible on the SGA website.
- b. It shall be the responsibility of the Executive Secretary to ensure that the work
- log is continually updated by SGA members and posted on the SGA website. It is
- encouraged that individual SGA members fill out the log.
- c. The SGA work log shall compile all the legislation, non-legislative projects,
- roles, and responsibilities of individual SGA members.
- d. An example SGA work log was created in March [link]. This format can be used
- as a template.
- XI. INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY
- 1. Impeachment
- i. Impeachment shall be defined as the reprimand of a member by no less than a 2/3 vote of the
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- Senate for any legitimate reason outlined in the Constitution and/or Bylaws.
- ii. Any impeachment may be appealed to the Judiciary within seven (7) days.
- iii. A mark of impeachment shall be made in the public record and this mark shall be kept on the
- record until the end of the semester, at which time the impeachment shall be lifted.
- 2. Removal
- i. Removal shall be defined as the removal of an SGA member from their office by the processes
- outlined in the Constitution and/or Bylaws. If removed, the removal shall be noted in the public
- record and the SGA member shall be stripped of all titles and privileges.
- XII. SUPREMACY
- 1. The Constitution, these Bylaws, and the Senate Procedural Rules herein prescribed shall supersede
- legislation of the Senate and shall retain supremacy, in conjunction with the Constitution, over any other
- SGA laws and governing documents of subsidiary bodies and student organizations.
- 2. Should any part of these Bylaws be ruled unconstitutional, such part shall be considered severable and the
- rest of the document shall remain valid and enforceable.
- XIII. AMENDMENTS AND RATIFICATION
- 1. These Bylaws, unless specified below, may only be amended and ratified by a two-thirds vote of the entire
- membership of the Senate.
- 2. Semantic Amendments
- i. Amendments related to incorrect grammar or specifying acronyms may be made by the Internal
- Affairs without a Senate vote.
- 1. Internal Affairs Committee will notify the Senate of these changes.
- XIV. CAUCUSES
- 1. Formation
- i. In order to form a caucus, the following criteria must be met:
- 1. Formation must be initiated by an SGA Senate member
- 2. Submission of a bill establishing a caucus that contains the following:
- a. Rules for caucus (granted that they do not supercede the general guidelines of
- caucuses)
- b. Purpose of the caucus
- c. Goals of the caucus
- d. Why there is a need for this caucus on campus
- e. List of at least 10 interested individuals
- f. List of at least 3 potential partner student organizations
- 3. Caucuses must be approved by a 2/3rds vote of the Senate
- 2. Leadership:
- i. Each caucus must have, at a minimum, a Chair and a Vice-Chair
- 1. The Chair of the caucus must be an elected member of the Senate or the Executive Board.
- 2. The Vice Chair must be a member of the Senate, the Executive Board, an Executive Board
- Commission, a former SGA elected member, or a non-senate member of a standing
- committee.
- ii. The Chair of the caucus shall be responsible for the following duties:
- 1. The Chair shall serve as the chief executive officer of the caucus.
- 2. The Chair shall be the official spokesperson of the caucus.
- 3. The Chair shall preside at and lead all meetings of the caucus and shall prepare the
- meeting agendas.
- 4. The Chair shall coordinate elections within their caucus by the end of September.
- 5. The Chair shall be responsible for overseeing all administrative duties for the caucus.
- 6. The chair shall also be responsible for ensuring that there is a Caucus page on the SGA
- website that contains leadership information and all meeting minutes.
- iii. The Vice Chair shall be responsible for the following duties:
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- 1. Record detailed minutes at all meetings for the caucus and shall keep them on file.
- 2. The Vice Chair shall manage any and all internal and external organizational
- correspondence, as requested by the Chair.
- 3. The Vice Chair shall maintain all membership records for the caucus, including updating
- the roster and member attendance sheet.
- 4. The Vice Chair shall be responsible for reserving rooms and spaces for all meetings and
- events.
- 5. In the event that the Chair is unable to lead meetings or fulfill other administrative
- responsibilities, the Vice Chair shall step in momentarily as their proxy.
- 6. Upon resignation of the Chair of a caucus, the Vice-Chair shall serve as interim chair until
- new elections are held.
- a. Eligibility rules of interim chairmanship shall follow that of Vice Chair and not
- Chair.
- iv. Each caucus may specify additional leadership roles in their Caucus Rules Bill.
- v. Leadership Election Procedures:
- 1. The Chair and Vice-Chair of the caucus must be elected by the SGA Senate in a General
- Body Meeting.
- a. This must be completed within one month of the approval of a caucus
- 2. In order to run for a leadership position, a candidate must be nominated by a Senator
- during the General Body Meeting in which the election shall take place.
- a. Incumbent Chairs or Vice-Chairs in the Caucus for which the election is for, may
- not nominate candidates for either position.
- 3. Each candidate must speak for up to five minutes on why they should be elected to the
- position they are running for.
- a. If there is only one candidate nominated for a position, the Senate shall move
- directly into voting procedure for the nominee.
- b. If there are multiple candidates, after the speeches, Senators may motion for a
- Q&A, a Moderated Caucus, or to move into voting procedure.
- i. If there are no motions for a moderated caucus or a Q&A, the Senate
- shall move directly into voting procedure for the position being
- discussed.
- c. After speeches and optional discussion, the Senate shall move into voting
- procedure.
- 4. A candidate for a position must win a majority of the votes to obtain the position they are
- running for.
- a. If there are more than two candidates and neither gets a majority of the vote, the
- Senate shall move into a second round of voting, with the candidate who got the
- least votes in the prior round of voting taken out of consideration for the position.
- b. This process shall continue until a candidate gets a majority of the vote.
- 5. Elections for each position shall be held during one of the first three General Body
- Meetings of each year’s Senate. New elections shall be held during the academic year
- upon the resignation of the Chair or Vice-Chair of the caucus, or upon the receipt of the
- signatures of 2/3rds of the Senate.
- a. Upon resignation of Chair or Vice-Chair, new elections must be held within two
- weeks of resignation. If the resignation occurs during a time in which the next
- GBM is farther than two weeks away (for example, during winter break), the
- election shall be carried out at the next GBM.
- b. Between the resignation of the Chair and the election of a new chair, the Vice
- Chair will serve as interim Chair, and the caucus will vote on a temporary
- replacement for the Vice Chair.
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- i. Upon resignation of the Vice Chair, the chair will determine who will
- serve as interim Vice Chair until a new election can be held.
- 3. Powers and Responsibilities of Caucuses
- i. Caucuses shall work to advance, represent the needs and concerns of, and promote greater equality
- for the community that they represent.
- ii. Actions that caucuses are authorized to carry out include without Senate Approval include:
- 1. Endorsing, suggesting, or otherwise encouraging legislation aimed to help the
- constituency they represent
- 2. Reviewing and providing feedback on whether legislation passed by SGA is as inclusive
- of and mindful to the needs of the constituency they represent as possible.
- 3. Acting as a safe space for the constituency they represent, and providing meaningful
- opportunities for the constituency they represent to convene and discuss pertinent issues.
- 4. Holding General Body Meetings with interested students and interested student groups to
- discuss whatever issues are deemed relevant by the caucus.
- 5. Running a Social Media Account
- 6. Any actions not included in this list require further action before the caucus may carry
- them out, which shall be described within these bylaws.
- iii. Events and Initiatives
- 1. There are two routes for initiatives to be approved:
- a. In order to work on events and initiatives, caucuses can present their initiative to
- a GBM (to ensure awareness within the Senate)
- i. Any relevant legislative committees can comment / provide feedback
- ii. 2 A simple majority vote within the Senate can approve the
- event/initiative
- b. Alternatively, a caucus initiative can partner with a specific legislative committee
- i. A committee simple majority vote can approve said initiative/event
- 4. Internal Rules
- i. Caucuses shall define their structure, operating rules, and any other leadership not specified by
- these bylaws by creating an annual Caucus rules bill that must be approved by the Senate every
- academic year.
- 1. Annual Caucus Rules bills shall be approved by a majority vote of the Senate by end of
- September at the latest.
- 2. Rules Bills must stay within the structure provided in these bylaws, and may not outline
- any responsibilities, leadership election procedures, or anything else that contradicts these
- bylaws.
- 3. Rules Bills should include a potential caucus logo if applicable
- 4. Annual Rules Bills must be posted publicly on the SGA website. The Caucus shall not be
- allowed to carry out any of its responsibilities and shall be considered null and void until
- the Rules Bill is posted on the website.
- 5. Membership
- i. Caucus membership shall be open to all interested students of any background or demographic, in
- accordance with our Constitution
- 1. Caucuses may further define in their Rules bill the specifics of “membership” within their
- caucus
- XV. GOVERNING BOARDS
- 1. Governing Boards will be subcommittees of the CSO and fall under the CSO’s jurisdiction.
- 2. Governing Boards shall be reappointed following SGA elections in the spring.
- 3. There will be a governing board for each category of organizations under the SGA.
- i. FSL organizations and sports clubs will be exempt from governing boards.
- 4. Governing Boards shall be composed of 5 members: Chair, Secretary, Representative to the CSO, and 2
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- general members.
- i. The MLC will have an independent process to appoint four of its governing board positions,
- separate from the process outlined in these bylaws. The fifth and final representative of the MLC
- governing board will be appointed by the CSO, in collaboration with and consultation of the MLC
- executive board, by the process described in these bylaws.
- 1. The MLC may choose to opt-out of this process annually by informing the CSO. Should
- they opt out, the positions will be filled as outlined in these bylaws.
- ii. The position of representative to the CSO will be specifically applied to, but the Chair and
- secretary will be chosen by the governing board from themselves.
- iii. The representative to the CSO will be a non-voting member of the CSO.
- 5. The governing board members will be chosen by an application and interview process with the CSO and
- confirmed by a simple majority of the Senate.
- i. To be a member of a governing board, you must be a member of an executive board of an
- organization under the governing board’s jurisdiction.
- ii. The MLC process for selection of four of its governing board positions is independent and
- specified by Section XIV: Governing Boards 4.a.
- 6. Decisions made within a governing board shall be made by a simple majority with each member being
- entitled to one vote.
- 7. Organizations will be required to be under the governing board of their primary categorization.
- i. Organizations will have the option to opt-in to an additional governing board with the approval of
- the governing board they wish to be added under.
- 8. Governing boards have the right to pass and send recommendations to the CSO, given that they have
- reached a majority-approved decision to do so.
- 9. The CSO can overturn any decision made by governing boards by a ⅔ vote.
- 10. A member of any governing board can be removed by ⅔ vote of the Senate at the recommendation of a
- simple majority vote of the CSO.
- 11. Governing boards shall have a meeting with all executive members under their jurisdiction twice a semester.
- 12. Governing board members should provide logistical support to organizations under them to the best of their
- ability
- 13. Regular updates about organizations under them shall be provided to the CSO.
+ **Senate**
+ **of the**
+ **Student Government Association**
+ **of**
+ **The Johns Hopkins University**
+
+ **{ *S. Bill 25-26,* }**
+
+ **A Bill Updating the SGA Bylaws**
+
+ Introduced By:
+ KSAS Senator and Internal Affairs Chair **Jaden Garcia**
+
+ Sponsored By:
+ Senator Shreemann Patel
+
+ Committee Recommends this bill by a Vote of \_\_\_\_
+
+ Considered the day of 24th in the month of February in the year 2026
+
+ #
+
+ #
+
+ # *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 “SGA Bylaws Omnibus Update 2026”
+
+ 2. **FINDINGS AND PURPOSES**
+ 1. FINDINGS
+ 1. The Bylaws need to be updated as soon as possible before the next election so that we have an up to date Bylaws.
+ 2. Necessitates a ⅔ vote from the senate.
+ 2. PURPOSES
+ 1. To amend the Constitution and Bylaws of the Student Government Association at Johns Hopkins University to fit the current structure and practices of the SGA.
+
+ 3. **AMENDMENTS**
+
+ | Bylaws | |
+ | ----- | ----- |
+ | Current Language | Proposed Language |
+ | [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jsgm7L54NR1kfXAvlb05L9KXO3pBsOxxppOsTb5tRW4/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jsgm7L54NR1kfXAvlb05L9KXO3pBsOxxppOsTb5tRW4/edit?usp=sharing) | [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1\_X1PhkHiaV0CukRs1sfmKzqcOYUM\_AHsmDAcE6qoW5I/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_X1PhkHiaV0CukRs1sfmKzqcOYUM_AHsmDAcE6qoW5I/edit?usp=sharing) |
+
+ #
+
+ 4. **Action Items**
+
+ These changes to the Bylaws shall take effect after the election period.
+
+ #
+
+ The Bill hereby **PASSES** 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:
+ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
+ Vishnu Dontu
+ Student Body President of the Johns Hopkins SGA
+
+ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
+ Omotara Tiamiyu
+ Student Body Vice President of the Johns Hopkins SGA
+
+ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
+ Srigouri Oruganty
+ President of the Senate of the Johns Hopkins SGA
+
+ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
+ Sumire Sumi
+ Student Body Secretary of the Johns Hopkins SGA
+
+ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
+ Imad Ahmed
+ Student Body Treasurer of the Johns Hopkins SGA
+
+ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
+ Tyler Turner
+ Student Body Chair of Programming for the Johns Hopkins SGA
+
+ Signatures of Ceremony:
+
+ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
+
+ XXXX Senator of the Johns Hopkins SGA
+
+ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
+
+ XX Senator of the Johns Hopkins SGA