Legislative Branch of SGA

The Legislative Branch is composed of elected Student Senators and at-large committee members. The main body of the Legislative Branch of SGA is Student Senate. Student Senate is comprised of 60 elected Student Senators. In Student Senate, members meet weekly to vote on different pieces of legislation. These pieces of legislation can take the form of bills or resolutions. Bills are binding pieces of legislation that make a political action. This can take the form of funding bills for student organizations or amendments to current SGA and university policies. Resolutions, the other type of legislation, are non-binding and take a definitive stance. Resolutions can call on other bodies to take action or they can commend a member of the university or the community. Additionally, all Student Senators serve as a member of a College Caucus and on a standing committee, each of which is devoted to specific goals.

Kate Thomas

Speaker of the Student Senate

Kate Thomas, katybeth77@ksu.edu

114 K-State Student Union

 

 

The Speaker of the Student Senate serves as the chief executive of the legislative branch of SGA. The Speaker presides over the Student Senate and is responsible for chairing the SGA Executive Committee, and supervising the officers of the Student Senate. The speaker is nominated and elected by Student Senate and serves a one-year term.

 

Brady Kappelmann

Speaker pro tempore of the Student Senate

Brady Kappelmann, bradykappelmann@ksu.edu

114 K-State Student Union

 

The Speaker pro tempore of the Student Senate assumes the duties of the Speaker of the Student Senate upon the Speaker’s absence. Like the Speaker of Student Senate, the Speaker pro tempore is also nominated and elected by Student Senate and serves a one-year term.

 

Officers of the Student Senate

Parliamentarian

Ethan Pilchard, epilch70@ksu.edu

Communications Director

Rylee Coy, ryleec@ksu.edu

Emerging Leaders Coordinators

Jacob Hofman, jchofman@ksu.edu and Andrew Navarro, asnavarro310@ksu.edu

Elections Commissioner

Nick Saia, ncsaia@ksu.edu