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Meet the Senate

Senate Committees

The 国产短视频SG Senate is comprised of 4 committees and LegEx. All members of the senate are each placed on a committee. These committees have special focuses that each senator works to fulfill. To learn more about the committee's and the business that they are currently working on - please reach out to any of the students below. Please note that all meetings are subject to change.

POLICY COMMITTEE

Adrian Reyes-Alzate  Chair sg-policychair@usf.edu		Maria Julia Mussa Martins Vice Chair

Fall Meeting Date and Time: Thursdays at 9:30 AM,

Policy

Purpose:

Produce, amend, and review Procedural and Statutory Bills before they go before the Senate in order to ensure efficiency, clarity, and legality.

Duties & Powers:

• Review and amend bills assigned to the Committee.
• Recommend updates or improvements to existing legislation.
• Draft new bills to strengthen Student Government law.
• Review amendments to Department and Funding Council Constitutions.
• Keep Statutes and Rules of Procedures up to date (reviewed at least twice per semester).

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ETHICS COMMITTEE

Hunter Rabinowitz Chair sg-ethicschair@usf.edu		TBD Vice Chair

Fall Meeting Date and Time: Mondays at 12:00 PM,

Ethics

Purpose: 

Provide Legislative Branch checks over Student Government departments and employees, and to provide oversight over A&S Fee funded entities and over the members of Student Government.

Duties & Powers: 

• Maintain the integrity of Student Government.
• Review and confirm Executive and Judicial nominees as outlined in Statutes.
• Investigate grievances involving Student Government members or A&S Funded Entities.
• Issue penalties or corrective actions for non-compliance (e.g. notifications, negative points, account freezes, or recommendations to Senate).

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PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
 

Fall Meeting Date and Time: Thursdays at 2:00 PM, Microsoft Teams

Programming

Purpose: 

Plan and execute programming events and in branch tasks for the Legislative Branch.

Duties & Powers: 

• Host at least two Senate Town Halls each semester (excluding summer).
• Plan one Legislative retreat each semester (excluding summer).
• Create and manage Legislative Branch merchandise.
• Organize Senate tabling to promote meetings and town halls.
• Collaborate with Executive Branch Marketing on events and designs.

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RELATIONS COMMITTEE

Arjun Manohar  Chair sg-relationschair@usf.edu		Trang Pham Vice Chair

Fall Meeting Date and Time: Fridays at 2:00 PM,

Relations

Purpose: 

To further the influence of students in the legislative process by providing them with a means for direct communication with the Legislative Branch.

Duties & Powers: 

• Organize and moderate events where students can engage with Senators.
• Draft and review Resolutions and Memorials for Senate consideration.
• Create and review Surveys to gather student input in coordination with SGATO.
• Review and publish student petitions in coordination with SGATO.

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LEGEX COMMITTEE

Pro-Tempore
Chair | sg-protempore@usf.edu

Meeting Date and Time: TBD,

LegEx

Purpose:

Serve as an executive body for the Legislative Branch and to perform the various duties required in running the Legislative Branch.

Duties & Powers: 

• Act as the highest committee in the Legislative Branch, with authority over all standing, campus, and ad-hoc committees.
• Meet at least once per month to make executive decisions for the Senate.
• Review Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of committees and councils.
• Review and decide on absence excusal requests and appeals.
• Step in when a Senate committee or council is unable to perform its duties.
• Recognize up to three Senators each month for exemplary service.
• Update and track positive and negative points for Senators and Campus Council members. 

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SENATORS

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TAMPA
Ameera Shahzad Anirudh Kaysap Sesham Ashfak Ahmed Chowdhury Brandon Manero Christian Chow Quan Claudia Martin Eizaguirre Faria Mohsen Fariah Ansari Grace Eaton Hoai Thu Nhi Le Huu Dang Pham Jackson Jones Joao 鈥淛P鈥� Magalhaes Joao Victor Guedes de Souza Kaitlyn Rodriguez Karina Diaz	Karthik Yechuri Kayla Domres Linh Khanh Tran Manik Jindal Ngu Quoc Truong Phalandine Noel Quynh Nhu Dang Rachel Rodriques de Oliveira Rohan Rayulu Ramayanam Sumit Subhash Jadhav Suryakanth Prasad Gottipatti Taeler Bell Truc Ho Venkata Rupesh Varma Konduru Vyomesh Chowdary Tatineni
SAINT PETERSBURG
Alexa Michelle Matos Alexis Hobbs Nathan Poinsette	Kenneth "Kenny" Bright Giovanna 鈥淕igi鈥� Belisario
SARASOTA-MANATEE
Alexis Santi Caranton Swank	Melissa Jean Baptiste

 

For the current Senate Committees Meeting Agendas and Minutes please visit our account and click on LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, SENATE COMMITTEES.