Student Government Association President Lillian Roth vetoed a bill Thursday evening that would have placed student organization seating in the SGA Code of Laws. A constitutional amendment was passed during the previous election that removed the process from the SGA Constitution, paving the way for the process to be placed in the Code of Laws.

Supporters of the change said codifying the process would allow the process to be changed easier than when it was in the Constitution.

Roth believed the bill would open the door for “special and narrow interest groups to control the entire SOS system,” according to a press release.

“Bill 16 paves the way for the kind of unethical behavior and corruption that our SGA historically has been accused of,” according to the release.

 Roth listed four changes in the release that she believes should be made to the bill, including making the five member committee that is responsible for selecting the Board of Governors “more representative.” Another changed Roth called for was making members of the Machine ineligible to be on the Board of Governors or be involved in the SOS process in any capacity. 

In the release she characterized the changes as “easy asks,” and said non-Greek and smaller Greek organizations have experienced difficulties when they participated in the SOS process last year. Roth said it is possible to change this and it should be changed, according to the release.