AS Senate Recap – 11/27/24

This recap first appeared in the December 2 edition of the KCSB News Weekly Newsletter.

The AS Senate is a group of elected student representatives which serves as the policy-making body of Associated Students. Every Wednesday at 6:30 PM, the AS Senate convenes to pass bills and resolutions, hear reports from Boards, Committees, and Units (BCUs), and hold public forum.

KCSB’s Joyce Chi brings you the latest from the Senate.

• The Senate’s meeting last week was held by email vote. Senators approved the following:
  • Omnibus Legal Adjustments Bill
    • This codifies Legal Code changes requested by BCUs that pertain to those BCUs.
  • Meeting minutes and allocations for campus organizations
  • Two appointments for the Commission on Disability Equity (CODE)
• The Senate will hold another asynchronous meeting this week. This Week 10 meeting is a departure from tradition; the last meeting of the quarter is usually Week 9. Internal Vice President Açúcar Pinto said the purpose of the meeting would be to approve minutes, honoraria, and “time-sensitive legislation.”
  • On the agenda… 
    • A Resolution Extending Financial Reporting Deadlines for Arts & Lectures, the University Center, and the Events Center 
      • This extends the deadline to comply with “financial reporting obligations” to the beginning of Winter Quarter (January 9).
        • Further reading: see A Resolution Enforcing Article IV, Section 8 of the Associated Students’ Legal Code, which was passed on October 16. You can also listen our recap of this financial accountability legislation here.
    • Unit Reports
      • The following BCUs submitted reports: Student Commission on Racial Equity (SCORE), CODE, External Vice President for Student Affairs (EVPSA), Public and Mental Health Commission (PMHC), Commission on Student Wellbeing (COSWB), and Human Rights Board (HRB).

Access this week’s AS Senate agenda (which includes their bills and resolutions) using your student email here. You can see last week’s agenda here. Meetings are typically held each week at the Flying A Room of the University Center (Main Floor) throughout the quarter, aside from Week 10. You can also watch live and past meetings on Facebook here.