A Bill to Ensure the Maintenance of an Accurate and Transparent Legislation Tracker
Would have required the Office of the Speaker to maintain a publicly accessible, up-to-date record of all legislation — including sponsors, vote outcomes, and implementation status.
Summary
Students have no easy way to see what legislation Student Government has passed, who sponsored it, how the vote went, or whether it was ever implemented. This bill would have required the Office of the Speaker to maintain a Student Government Legislative Record — publicly accessible, updated within 15 business days of any official action.
The record would have included bill numbers, sponsor names, titles, vote outcomes, signature dates, and implementation status. Basic accountability for a legislative body. The Senate voted it down.
Full Text
117th Student Senate of the University of South Carolina
Sponsored by Senators Whisenant and Lapsley
SECTION 1: Section 2-2-60 of Chapter 2 of the Student Government Codes is hereby added to read as follows:
Section 2-2-60: Student Government Legislative Record
(A) The Office of the Speaker shall maintain an up-to-date, publicly accessible record of all legislation by the Student Senate during each session (the SGLR).
(B) The SGLR shall include, at a minimum: bill or recommendation number, sponsor name(s), title, type, dates of first and second readings, vote outcome(s), date of signature, and implementation status.
(C) The SGLR shall be updated within fifteen (15) university business days of any official action.
(D) The SGLR shall be publicly accessible through an official Student Government platform.
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