Bills and Amendments:

A faculty member or student through any honor council member may propose amendments to the Honor Code. All bills must be submitted in writing. Bills are ratified in the following order:

    1. An affirmative vote by three-fourths of the College Honor Council members must be obtained in order to continue the ratification process.

    2. The proposed amendment(s) will require an affirmative vote by a simple majority of the members of three of the other five honor councils to proceed.

    3. The bill is then voted on by the Student Government Association body in which a majority of votes must favor the bill in order to continue ratification.

    4. The bill is then presented to the deans of the six colleges at their monthly meeting. A majority of the deans must approve the bill in order to obtain an amendment status to the University Honor Code. In the event that a dean is not able to attend this meeting, that dean must submit a letter of decision for the bill(s) to the University Honor Council.

    A quorum must be present in the first three voting bodies mentioned above in order to ratify a bill at that level. A quorum is two-thirds of the voting members of the respective body. The ratification should be thorough yet expedient in obtaining an acceptance or rejection of the bill.