The 94th Administration's President, Zayvion Sheppard has created The New State Way: A University-wide Strategic Plan, which is available here.

Agendas and Minutes for Executive Committee meetings are available in SGA's Google Drive.

The Student Government Association Judiciary (SGAJ) is the judicial branch of the Student Government Association (SGA). Student Justices confirmed by the University-Wide Senate may serve on the SGA Judiciary for the entire duration of their enrollment, as defined by the Student Code of Conduct, at Georgia State.

The SGAJ has the authority to interpret the SGA’s constitution and bylaws. The jurisdiction of the SGAJ is explained in the SGA Constitution and Bylaws. Applications to serve on the SGA Judiciary are available in PIN.

The SGAJ can be contacted at [email protected]

Chief Justice Ammar Rupani
Associate Justice Keely Knudson	Associate Justice Olivia Mitrovich	Associate Justice Karis Perusek	Associate Justice To be confirmed by Senate

All SGA Judiciary rulings can be found here.

A. The officers of the Senate shall be those students duly elected or appointed to the Senate according to this Constitution, its Amendments and Bylaws.

B. For the purpose of legislating at each of the campuses, there is a Campus Senate (presided over by the respective Speaker of the Senate) and a University-Wide Senate (presided over by the President of the SGA).

C. The presiding officers of the Campus Senates and University-Wide Senate only vote in the case of a tie.

D. If the SGA President is temporarily unable to preside over the University-Wide Senate, the President shall appoint a current Executive Vice President from the current existing Executive Vice Presidents to do so.

E. In the absence of the Speaker of the Senate, the Speaker Pro Tempore shall forfeit their voting privileges to facilitate the Campus Senate meeting. The Speaker Pro Tempore fulfills the Campus Senate responsibility of the Speaker of the Senate until the return or replacement of the Speaker of the Senate.

F. The Senate Speaker Pro Tempore shall be a Senator appointed and confirmed by a simple majority vote of the Senate and is a voting member of the Senate.

G. All Senators shall have equal authority and equal vote as members of the Senate, except the Speaker or Speaker Pro Tempore, who shall vote only in the case of a tie.

H. The University-Wide Senate has 46 seats which are apportioned to the campuses, colleges and schools based on the previous fall enrollment, with each campus, college or school having at least two senators.

I. Each campus will designate the appropriate number of senators, based on the previous fall’s enrollment, to serve on the University-Wide Senate. A senate position at the campus level does not guarantee a position on the UniversityWide Senate.

J. The Atlanta Campus Senate is comprised of the elected senators, senate clerk and appointed liaisons currently enrolled at the Atlanta campus.

a. Freshman, Transition and Transfer Liaisons are non-voting members of the Senate. They are responsible for attending all scheduled meetings and are encouraged to attend the standing committee meetings of the SGA.

b. The Speaker Pro Tempore chairs a committee of at least two senators who will review, and interview select applicants to make nominations for appointment to the Liaison positions to the Senate. The nominations require a two-thirds (⅔) affirmative vote of the Senate members present and takes effect immediately upon approval.

c. The Atlanta Campus Senate Clerk is an individual outside of the Senate appointed by the Speaker of the Senate as a non-voting member.

• A Guide to Writing Legislation is available here
• Pending legislation is available here
• Signed legislation is available here
• Vetoed legislation is available here

A schedule of campus and university-wide Senate meetings can be found in SGA's Google Drive and in the "Upcoming Events" section of our homepage. Minutes from Senate meetings can also be found in SGA's Google Drive.

Agendas and Minutes for Senate meetings are available in SGA's Google Drive.

The governing documents of the Student Government Association (SGA) at Georgia State are the Consitution and Bylaws.

The SGA Constitution was updated in 2016 to reflect the addition of the campuses of Perimeter College and again in 2018 after a constitutional referendum, and again in 2021.

The current SGA Bylaws were updated on October 23, 2023.