Student Senate debated and voted on two pieces of old business legislation.

The first bill, “A Resolution to Implement Electronic Voting to Promote Transparency” was previously presented before the Senate but had been tabled.

Lyle Senators and authors of the bill, Christian Genco and Joe Esau, feel this is a cheap and effective way to expedite Senate voting processes.

At the moment, Senate voting is conducted by a showing of hands, vocally or by roll call.

Under this bill, Senate would invest in software that would record votes.

Senators would vote remotely through either electronic handheld devices or other means.

With electronic voting, the process would be much shorter, and would document each senator’s vote.

Genco and Esau argued that not only is it a more time efficient method, but a public voting record would improve transparency, and help further integrate the Senate to the SMU community.

Chief of Staff Alex Mace and Cox Senators Jack Dawson and Greg Barro presented “A Resolution Concerning Recycling on the Boulevard.”

This targets the issue of the mass of beverage cans that are thrown away during tailgating.Under this bill, more recycling receptacles would be located on the boulevard and beverage cans used at organization tents would be collected.

Mace said the bill would positively impact campus “because it targets a specific source of recyclable waste and provides a solution, rather than simply encouraging recycling in general.”

Senate passed both bills. Three new senators were inaugurated during the meeting. Now, the majority of seats have been filled at this time.

Student Body President Austin Prentice swore in sophomores Hiba Ibad and Meredith Tavallaee as Dedman II Senators and junior Matt Alexander as a Meadows Senator.