sga bills and resolutions

Below is a list of the Bills and Resolutions that USD's Student Government Association has considered during the 2007-2008 term, along with a brief description and the results. Some bills may be available in an electronic format, and have a link in the title column.

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Current as of 11 December 2007

2007-2008 Student Senate Bills:
Bill	Title	Committee	Introduced	Date	Committee Action	Vote Pass	Vote Fail	Notes
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2	USD Crew	Allocation	Lemcke	5/1/2007	Pass	X		USD Crew Club Sport Allocation for 07-08 School Year
3	USD Baseball	Allocation	Lemcke	5/1/2007	Pass	X		USD Baseball Club Sport Allocation for the 07-08 School Year
4	USD Coyote Hockey	Allocation	Lemcke	5/1/2007	Pass	X		USD Coyote Hockey Club Sport Allocation for the 07-08 School Year
5	USD Lacrosse	Allocation	Lemcke	5/1/2007	Pass	X		USD Lacrosse Club Sport Allocation for the 07-08 School Year
6	Men's Rugby	Allocation	Lemcke	5/1/2007	Pass	X		Men's Rugby Club Sport Allocation for the 07-08 School Year
7	Women's Rugby	Allocation	Lemcke	5/1/2007	Pass	X		Women's Rugby Club Sport Allocation for the 07-08 School Year
8	Soccer	Allocation	Lemcke	5/1/2007	Pass	X		Men's Soccer Club Sport Allocation for the 07-08 School Year
9	USD Fencing	Allocation	Lemcke	5/1/2007	Pass	X		USD Fencing Club Sport Allocation for the 07-08 School Year
10	Legal Aid Contract Increase	Finance	Totton	9/18/2007	Pass	X		Increase in the Legal Aid Contract for the 07-08 School Year
11	SGA Constitution Impeachment	SIA	Lemcke	9/25/2007	Pass	X		Revise the Impeachment proceedings due to needed changes
12	Spc. App. - Recyclemania	Finance	Lemcke	10/2/2007	Pass	X		Special Appropriation Request
13	Spc. App. - Tiospaye	Finance	Lemcke	10/16/2007	Pass	X		Special Appropriation Request
14	Spc. App. - Criminal Justice	Finance	Lemcke	10/16/2007	Pass	X		Special Appropriation Request
15	Spc. App. - Habitat for Humanity	Finance	Lemcke	10/30/2007	Pass	X		Special Appropriation Request
16	Spc. App. - Veterans Club	Finance	Lemcke	11/6/2007	Pass	X		Special Appropriation Request
17	SGA Fan Bus	Finance	Pitts		Pass	X		Transfer of Funds for Fan Bus request
18	SGA GAF and Rollover	Finance	Lemcke	11/6/2007	Pass	13	0	Transfer of Funds for GAF use and Rollover use
19	SGA Election	SIA	Yearous					Change date of elections
20	Biology Club	Budget	Barondeau	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
21	Chemistry Club	Budget	Totton	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
22	E-Team	Budget	Pitts	11/20/2007				Budget Bill
23	Habitat for Humanity	Budget	Lemcke	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
24	International Students	Budget	Lemcke	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
25	NAEYC	Budget	Bazemore	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
26	Tiospaye U.	Budget	Barondeau	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
27	ROTC	Budget	Totton	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
28	Pre-Med Society	Budget	Pitts	11/20/2007				Budget Bill
29	Honors Association	Budget	Lemcke	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
30	KAOR	Budget	Lemcke	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
31	CASPPA	Budget	Bazemore	11/20/2007				Budget Bill
32	USD Movie Makers	Budget	Barondeau	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
33	Advocacy Coordinating Team	Budget	Totton	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
34	Program Council	Budget	Lemcke	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
35	HPER	Budget	Pitts	11/20/2007				Budget Bill
36	Sobies	Budget	Lemcke	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
37	KYOT	Budget	Bazemore	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
38	Financial Management Assc.	Budget	Barondeau	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
39	10% Society	Budget	Totton	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
40	Management Information Sys.	Budget	Lemcke	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
41	SERVE	Budget	Pitts	11/20/2007	Pass			Budget Bill
42	SHRM	Budget	Lemcke	11/20/2007	Pass			Budget Bill
43	Dakota Days	Budget	Bazemore	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
44	SOTA	Budget	Barondeau	11/20/2007				Budget Bill
45	Black Student Union	Budget	Totton	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
46	Vermillion Literary Project	Budget	Pitts	11/20/2007				Budget Bill
47	U. Blanketeers	Budget	Lemcke	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
48	HELP	Budget	Lemcke	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
49	Anime Revolution	Budget	Bazemore	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
50	USD India Association	Budget	Barondeau	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
51	SIFE	Budget	Barondeau	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
52	Dance Marathon	Budget	Pitts	11/20/2007				Budget Bill
53	IEMSA	Budget	Lemcke	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
54	Social Work Club	Budget	Lemcke	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
55	SAGE	Budget	Bazemore	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
56	Juggling Club	Budget	Totton	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
57	APES (Anthropology)	Budget	Lemcke	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
58	SGA	Budget	Lemcke	11/20/2007				Budget Bill
59	Circle K	Budget	Pitts	11/20/2007				Budget Bill
60	USD Veterans	Budget	Barondeau	11/20/2007	Pass	13	0	Budget Bill
61	SGA Shirts	Finance	Nichols	12/4/2007	Pass	7	1	For SGA Professionalism
62	HEAL	Finance	Lemcke	12/4/2007	Pass	10	0	Special Appropriation Request
63	U. Blanketeers	Finance	Lemcke	12/4/2007	Pass	10	0	Special Appropriation Request
64	USD Movie Makers	Finance	Lemcke	12/4/2007	Pass	9	0	Special Appropriation Request
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2007-2008 Student Senate Resolutions:
Res.	Title	Committee	Introduced	Date	Committee Action	Vote Pass	Vote Fail	Notes
1	Supplemental Instr.	SIA	Totton	10/16/2007	Pass	X
2	Hyperion Oil Refinery	State and Local	Giuseffi	5/1/2007	Pass Ad Referendum	2	13
3	Native American Mascots	State and Local	Bazemore	11/27/2007	Pass	13	0	Passed on to PAC and University Senate
4	Thanksgiving Holiday	State and Local	Giuseffi		Pass	13	0	To have no classes the Wednesday before Thanksgiving
5	Finals Week	State and Local	Giuseffi		Pass	13	0	To allow for no exams the week before finals

2007-2008 Constitutional Amendments
#	Title	Committee	Introduced By	Date	Committee Action	Vote Pass	Vote Fail	Notes
1	Election Date	Policy and Procedure	Giuseffi		None			Passed expedited, and fixed dates of Elections within a two-week span
2		Policy and Procedure	Giuseffi		In Committee
3		Policy and Procedure	Giuseffi		In Committee
4		Policy and Procedure	Giuseffi		In Committee

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*Note: There may be some errors in these documents that are still in the process of being corrected. If you have questions, contact the Office Manager.
*Note: Some bills may have been passed but are not currently available in an electronic format at this time but are being converted.