Templates For Legislation


With our Templates for Legislation, you can start to write a Bill or Resolution for Student Senate. There are five different types of templates that may be downloaded as Microsoft Word (.docx) documents.

 

For any piece of legislation, here is a general checklist of things to make sure you do:

  1. The Date of Submission should be the day you submit the bill. If it passes, it will be changed to the date it passed.
  2. In the Author Line, name all individuals involved in writing the bill and their office. At least one of the authors must be a senator or a staff member for a bill to be considered in Student Senate.
  3. Title the Bill (in bold and italics) with what you want the bill to do. Examples include “A Bill to Fund ABC” or “A Bill to Amend Student Senate Constitution Title Two, Section Two
  4. In the WHEREAS clauses, describe individual reasons why this bill should pass. End the WHEREAS clauses with “, and” so that it runs as one long sentence until the last WHEREAS clause.
  5. For the THEREFORE clause, state the official actions you want the bill to achieve. In funding bills for example, say the total amount of money that you want allocated and where it is going.
  6. Under the THEREFORE clause, detail the actions it makes. Amendments to the Student Senate Constitution must be clearly stated, with omissions crossed out and additions bolded. Funding bills must divide the total amount into the different expenses for the bill.
  7. Bills must be turned into Sam Sokoloff, Chief of Staff, senatecos@ku.edu,  by the Friday before the next legislative cycle. Leave Student Senate Bill 2023-000 BLANK as the Chief of Staff will assign the official number to the bill. Leave Student Council Assignment(s) BLANK as the Student Body Vice President will assign the legislation to two Student Councils.
  8. All legislation should maintain a font size of 16pt for accessibility purposes when submitted.

You can view a template of a Student Senate Bill Template (To use this template to its full capability, please download it as a Microsoft Word File.)

You can view a template of a Student Senate General Funding Bill (To use this template to its full capability, please download it as a Microsoft Word File.)

You can view a template of a Student Senate Event Funding Bill (To use this template to its full capability, please download it as a Microsoft Word File.)

You can view a template of a Student Senate Constitutional Amendment Bill (To use this template to its full capability, please download it as a Microsoft Word File.)

You can view a template of a Student Senate Resolution (To use this template to its full capability, please download it as a Microsoft Word File.)