Legislative Branch

Standing Committees

Allocations
  • Consists of nine Senators named to the committee by the Senate.
  • Shall examine, amend as needed, and report to the Senate all special requests for allocations
  • Shall submit into the Senate records all special requests for allocations and other documents submitted to the committee. 
(Open seats: 1)
Grasso, Elliot (Chair)
Filipelli, Michael
Kleinfeld, Liz
Knowlton, Nicholas
Yang, TK
Chauncey, Elizabeth
Fechtel, Elizabeth
Nguyen, Nancy
           
Budget & Appropriations
  • Consists of nine Senators named to the committee by the Senate
  • Shall examine, amend as needed, and report to the Senate the Activity and Service Fee Budget, the SG-Funded Organizational Budget, the SG Special Events Budget, the SG Academic Organizations Budget, and all Supplemental Appropriations Requests.
  • Shall submit into the Senate records all budget requests and other documents submitted to the committee. 
(Open seats: 0)
Michaels, Joey (Chair)
Pinkston, Brandon
Bean, Davis
Huynh, Megan
Vuskovich, Joseph
Garcia-Linares, Patricia
Kelsey, Justin
Knowlton, Nicholas
Reid-Renaud, Shrisa


    
Info & Communication
  • Consists of nine Senators named to the committee by the Senate.
  • Shall maintain a calendar of all Senate meetings, committee meetings, and events and keep said calendar in the Senate offices.
  • Shall administer orientation sessions for all new Senators, Senators-elect, and Replacement and Agenda Committee nominees to vacant seats
(Open seats: 0) 
Lowsetter, Jamie (Chair)

Zapata, Juan
LaRue, Elizabeth
Yang, TK
Backstrand, Katie
Chan-Pong, Christina
Bowdoin, Savannah
Bouhid, Bruna
Kelsey, Justin


Judiciary
  • Consists of nine Senators named to the committee by the Senate.
  • Shall review all non-budgetary bills, resolutions, and proposed constitutional amendments submitted to the Senate
  • Shall review the qualifications of all executive nominations to the judicial branch, determining if they are qualified to hold said office.
  • Shall review the constitutions of any student organization requesting special allocations or requesting or again receiving an annual budget 
(Open seats: 0) 
Carryl, Abraham (Chair)

Chauncey, Elizabeth
Salem, Farrah
Sherman, Austin
Garcia-Linares, Patricia
Bean, Bradley
de Fouw, Dylan
Kleinfled, Elizabeth
Rhea, Warren
           
Replacement & Agenda
  • Consists of the Senate President Pro Tempore, the Senate President, the leader of each political party or coalition, and two members representing the Senate at-large
  • Prepares the agenda for regular senate meetings
  • Shall recommend to the Senate the membership of the other standing committees
  • Shall recommend to the Senate replacement Senators to fill any vacant seats 
(Open seats: 0)

Yeffet, Cory (Chair)
Sherman, Austin (Majority at Large)
Bean, Davis (Member at Large)
Nguyen, Nancy (Member at Large)
Saetta, Daniella (Minority Leader)
Verno, Lauren
Rules & Ethics
  • Consists of nine Senators named to the committee by the Senate.
  • Shall review all absence excuses and recommend action on these excuses to the Senate.
  • Shall enforce constituency requirements.
  • Shall collect all voting records at meetings of the Senate and file them in the Senate office. 
(Open seats: 0) 
Fisher, Dylan (Chair)

Fechtel, Elizabeth
LaRue, Elizabeth
Bowdoin, Savannah
Miller, Leah
Backstrand, Katie
Dingess, Michael
Filipelli, Michael
Hummel, Kristin

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