By Amanda Alfanos, Editor-in-Chief
Student Senate committees failed three pieces of legislation during Dec. 7 committee meetings. Legislation included one bill and two resolutions.
No legislation was heard during Tuesday’s meeting due to the committee recommendations.
Senate Bill 30
The appropriations committee gave Senate Bill 30 a recommendation of do fail. The bill was authored by Sen. John Davis (law/graduate-at-large).
The bill called for support of future amendment changes to a Senate requirement that is “not effectively designed, implemented and executed (upheld).”
The requirement calling for each senator to submit two pieces of each legislation per semester initially was implemented to press Senators into a more participating role, the failed bill reads.
“The idea of passing or failing this bill is to show how a Senator can fulfill the requirement by:
1. Submitting legislation that he/she has no true interests in
2. Submitting legislation to the Senate that is trivial and without purpose
3. Co-authoring a piece of legislation by ‘teaming up’ with someone in order to meet the requirement in order to stray away from the threat of their current Senate seat,” the failed bill reads.
“The bill discusses internal issues, so the bill isn’t a good way of approaching those,” said Sen. David Scott (business), and chairman of the committee.
Senate Resolution 003
The student services committee gave Senate Resolution 003 a recommendation of do fail.
The resolution called for reforming T-shirt ordering practices. The legislation, authored by Sen. Ciera Terry (theater), asked officials to “create a standard of ordering more small sized shirts when giving out free shirts at events such as One Give or Blue Crew.”
“The idea isn’t worthy to be passed as a resolution to uphold the integrity of the Senate,” said Sen. Arianna Harmon (religion), and chairwoman of the student services committee.
The suggestion, however, could be taken on by the student service committee, she said.
Senate Resolution 004
The student services committee also gave Senate Resolution 004 a recommendation of do fail. The legislation was authored by Sen. Andrew Long (senior-at-large).
The purpose of the resolution was to “express to the United States Department of Treasury our opinion as to the quality of the person that currently adorns the United States $20 bill,” the failed legislation reads.
“Andrew Jackson was a leading figure in the forced removal of Native Americans from their native lands,” the failed legislation reads. “There is not a shortage of important Americans suitable for the United States $20 bill.
“Andrew Jackson should be removed from the United States $20 bill as soon as possible due to the suffering his policies caused on the native peoples of the United States.”
It isn’t the perogative of the Senate to make political statements, said Sen. Arianna Harmon (religion), and chairwoman of the student services committee.
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