Attendance Information Form

  • If you need to request an attendance change, please notify the Speaker of the Senate at sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu. All attendance changes must be approved by the Speaker of the Senate.

    • All submissions must be received at least twenty-four hours in advance for standard meeting and one week in advance for full body meetings. If an emergency prevents you from attending senate with less than 24 hours notice, notify the Speaker of the Senate at sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu.

Attendance Appeals Form

  • To request a change in your recorded attendance at a meeting, please contact the Operational Affairs team at sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu. This should be done if:

    • You believe the attendance record was incorrect

    • There was an extenuating circumstance that affected your attendance and prevented you from completing the attendance change form before the start of the meeting

    • You feel the Speaker of the Senate team violated SGA policy

  • You will receive a response to an appeal within one week

Legislation Signature Upload Form

  • Click here to upload a copy of your signature for SGA legislation at least 24 hours before the legislation is voted on.

    • You only need to upload a signature once for the year.

    • The signature should be in black ink on a transparent background.

Legislation Writing Guide

  • Click here to access the legislation writing guide.

New Placard Request Form

  • Click here to request a new senator placard if yours is lost, damaged, or contains a mistake.

Co-op Database

  • Click here to look at a database of co-ops that members of SGA have previously completed!

Calendar

  • Click here to see the Fall 2025 senate calendar!

Legislation process

All legislation will be reviewed by Senate leadership and can be denied based on content and formatting issues at any point in the process.

Presentation Senate

  • Before 6:30 PM Monday prior to presentation Senate - Rough draft of the legislation is submitted to the Speaker of the Senate via email at sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu by an active Senator or member of SGA leadership.

  • Before 10:00 AM Thursday prior to presentation Senate - Final draft of the legislation (non-redlined version) and a redlined version (just for RGs, ERGs, and IRs) is submitted to the Speaker of the Senate via email at sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu by an active Senator or member of SGA leadership and all signatures for initial authors and co-sponsors of the legislation must be submitted on the signature form.

    • Redlining a document means marking up any changes made, in red text, and striking through any removed content.

  • Before 6:30 PM on Saturday prior to presentation Senate - Legislation is added to the agenda by the Speaker of the Senate and sent out to Senators.

  • Monday, day of presentation Senate - Legislation will be presented by authors and co-sponsors to the Senate. Authors and co-sponsors will have a maximum of 10 minutes to introduce the legislation. The authors and co-sponsors may yield the remainder of their presentation time to questions should they not reach 10 minutes during their introduction. After presentation, the legislation is automatically added to the agenda of the next Full Body Senate to be voted on.


Voting Senate

  • Before 10:00 AM Thursday prior to voting Senate - Amendments are made. The finalized version (non-redlined) as well as a purplelined version (just for RGs, ERGs, and IRs) are submitted to the Speaker of the Senate via email at sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu by an active Senator or member of SGA leadership and all signatures for final authors and co-sponsors of the legislation must be submitted on the signature form.

    • Purplelining a document means marking up the redlined version with any additional amendments made, in purple text, and striking through any removed content.

  • Monday, day of voting Senate - Amendments from the floor are heard and accepted or rejected by the authors and co-sponsors.

    • Regardless of whether or not amendments were made, authors and co-sponsors will have a maximum of 10 minutes to re-present the legislation. The authors and co-sponsors may yield the remainder of their presentation time to questions should they not reach 10 minutes.

  • After the presentation time expires, debate will occur until a Senator motions to close debate, another Senator seconds the motion, and no objections are made.
    If debate is successfully closed, the Senate will go into voting. If at least a simple majority (2/3 for some governing documents) of present Senators vote in favor of the legislation, the legislation passes.


Post Voting Senate

  • Within one week after Senate approval - The Student Body President considers the legislation for approval or veto. If approved by the Student Body President and attested by the Executive Vice President, the legislation goes into effect as stated. If vetoed by the Student Body President and attested by the Executive Vice President, the legislation is added to the next Full Body Senate meeting to be re-voted on.

  • The following Monday, day of Senate - The Student Body President presents reasons for veto. Senators will then vote to override the veto. If a two-thirds majority vote in favor of overriding the veto, the legislation goes into effect as stated. If the two-thirds threshold is not met, the legislation fails and does not take effect.