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CSE Amendment Bill

Bill / Other · 112th session · dated August 27, 2024 · updated August 28, 2024

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Senate of the Student Government Association of The Johns Hopkins University

{ S. Bill 24-25, 01}

A Bill to Amend the SGA Constitution Regarding CSE member requirements Introduced By: 2026 Class Senator Srigouri Oruganty First considered this 27th day of August in the Year 2024 and Next considered this Xth day of Month in the Year 2024

Sponsored By: 2026 Class President Oluwakemi Abiodun

Referred to the Senate by the ___________ which recommends its Passage by a vote of X to X.

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 “CSE Amendment Bill”
  2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES
    1. FINDINGS
      1. In response to the need for more efficiency within the Judiciary branch and increased accountability among members of the Committee on Student Elections (CSE).
    2. PURPOSES
      1. To amend the SGA Constitution to limit the number of members in the Committee on Student Elections (CSE).
  3. AMENDMENTS

ARTICLE V: JUDICIAL BRANCH … SECTION 1. Structure The Judicial Branch shall have jurisdiction on all matters relating to the SGA, including SGA-approved groups and their internal disputes. Judicial shall be an independent branch, composed of: The Judiciary Board, which shall be composed of five Justices, who shall elect a Chief Justice amongst them. Provided that Justices remain undergraduates of KSAS or WSE, they shall serve their term until resignation. Appointments to the Judiciary Board shall be proposed by the Student Body President, upon the advice of the Senate, and subject to the approval of 2/3 (two-thirds) of the Senate. The Committee on Student Elections (CSE), which shall be composed of seven members who shall elect a Chairperson amongst them. The CSE shall be responsible for facilitating elections for all elected SGA roles. Appointments to the CSE shall be proposed by the Judiciary, upon the advice of the senate, and subject to the approval of 2/3 (two-thirds) of the Senate. Current SGA members are ineligible to be members of the CSE. CSE members shall serve for one academic year. Membership of the Judicial Branch is detailed in Article 2, Section 4: Membership Resignations of Judicial Branch members shall follow the details in Article VIII.

ARTICLE IV: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH … SECTION 1. Structure The Judicial Branch shall have jurisdiction on all matters relating to the SGA, including SGA-approved groups and their internal disputes. Judicial shall be an independent branch, composed of: The Judiciary Board, which shall be composed of five Justices, who shall elect a Chief Justice amongst them. Provided that Justices remain undergraduates of KSAS or WSE, they shall serve their term until resignation. Appointments to the Judiciary Board shall be proposed by the Student Body President, upon the advice of the Senate, and subject to the approval of 2/3 (two-thirds) of the Senate. The Committee on Student Elections (CSE), which shall be composed of five members who shall elect a Chairperson amongst them. The CSE shall be responsible for facilitating elections for all elected SGA roles. Appointments to the CSE shall be proposed by the Judiciary, upon the advice of the senate, and subject to the approval of 2/3 (two-thirds) of the Senate. Current SGA members are ineligible to be members of the CSE. CSE members shall serve for one academic year. Membership of the Judicial Branch is detailed in Article 2, Section 4: Membership Resignations of Judicial Branch members shall follow the details in Article VIII.

Current Language

Proposed Language

Rationale

The CSE is mainly active during election season, so it does not need many members. In addition, historically it has been hard to reach the seven member requirement causing other parts of the Judicial Branch to have to devote time on meeting that requirement instead of fulfilling their other duties. There are already other issues with accountability within the SGA, so by limiting the number of CSE members to a historically seen member count, we can increase accountability and efficiency.

The Bill hereby PASSES/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 SGA at Johns Hopkins University

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Nasreen naqvi President of the Senate of the SGA at Johns Hopkins University

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

__________________________________ Buse Koldas Student Body Secretary of the SGA at Johns Hopkins University

__________________________________ Brandon Benjamin Student Body Treasurer of the SGA at Johns Hopkins University

Signatures of Ceremony:

__________________________________ Srigouri Oruganty Introducer of the Bill

__________________________________ Oluwakemi Abiodun Co-Sponsor of the Bill