AUTHORING LEGISLATION
Legislation to be discussed at the next assembly meeting must be submitted to the Rules Committee no later than nine business days before the assembly meeting for review (gsg-rules@umd.edu). It will be submitted back to the author for final approval before presentation at the assembly. All legislation have to be authored by an elected members of GSG. Legislation can be sponsored by any student, faculty or staff. All legislation need at least one author and one sponsor.
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HOW TO WRITE LEGISLATION
This page explains the legislative side of the Assembly and the GSG. Any graduate student enrolled at the University of Maryland College Park is a member of the GSG and is thus able to effect change through proposing legislation for consideration by the Assembly.
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DEADLINES FOR SUBMITTING LEGISLATION
The deadline for submitting draft resolutions or amendments is 9 business days before the Assembly Rules Committee.
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HOW TO SUBMIT A RESOLUTION
Resolutions are statements of sentiment. The GSG can resolve many things: to support an idea or notion, to reject the idea of a policy or procedure, to align itself with another entity, anything really. Below, you'll find a template that you can use in the formulation of your own resolution to be submitted to the Rules Committee and brought before the Assembly. You'll also a find a sample of a resolution that was approved by the Assembly.
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HOW TO SUBMIT AN ACT
Acts are statements of executable action. Acts that come before the GSG will present a budget, establish a calendar, or make changes to the GSG Bylaws or Constitution in the form of an amendment. Below, you'll find a template you can use in the formulation of your own amendment to be submitted to the Rules Committee and brought before the Assembly. You'll also find a sample of an amendment that was approved by the Assembly.
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WHAT TO DO NOW
Now that you've drafted your own legislation, what's the process through which the legislation will be brought before the Assembly?
Send your legislation as an e-mail attachment to the Rules Committee at gsg-vpla@umd.edu. The Chair of the Rules Committee will contact you for additional information if any substantive changes need to be made.
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SUBMITTED LEGISLATION
You can track past and upcoming legislation here to see if it has passed, failed, or been referred to a committee for review or modification.