Council of State
Position that presides over the General Assembly
Speaker of the House
Motion used to trigger voting on legislation
Format for language added to the law code
Bolded
Current House Speaker
Adrienne Jones
Current chair of the Maryland Student Legislature Board of Directors
Spencer Knoll
Position in charge of recruitment efforts
Lt. Governor
Motion used to move when a specific piece of legislation will be considered
Motion to amend the docket
None, mandates have been removed
Current Senate President
Bill Ferguson
Location of the 2024 Fall Session
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Position in charge of accepting amendments during debate
Secretary of State
Amount of time given to debate of a proposed amendment once moved to the floor
Same as the bill debate time divided evenly
The four types of legislation MSL can consider
Bills/Acts, Resolutions, Maryland Constitutional Amendment, MSL Constitutional Amendment
Length of an MGA Session
90 days
Year Maryland Student Legislature was founded
1989
Position in charge of assembling the compendium packet (document of all passed legislation) after annual session
Attorney General
Motion highest in the order of consideration
Motion to adjourn
Name for this special clause: That all laws or parts of laws, public general or public local, inconsistent with this Act, are repealed to the extent of the inconsistency.
Repeal of inconsistent laws clause
Name for the last day of the legislative session
Sine Die
Mock state legislature Maryland Student Legislature is modeled after
North Carolina Student Legislature
Position considered a member of the MSL Board of Directors
Governor
Number of votes required to end debate on a bill
2/3rds majority
Name for this special clause: That, if any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason in a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or any other application of this Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and for this purpose the provisions of this Act are declared severable.
Severability Clause
Number of Senators and Number of Delegates
47 Senators and 141 Delegates
Three founding schools of the Maryland Student Legislature