The Government of the Student Body will be discussing four new bills and conducting business as usual at its meeting tonight.

One of the bills to be discussed is another funding bill written for the Agricultural Education Club, which is seeking money for a trip to Chicago. The club’s previous bill was ruled out of order last week because it did not include a full budget account.

At tonight’s meeting in the Memorial Union at 7, the club will present another bill, this time with a complete budget.

However, even though the club has fulfilled the requirements regarding the writing of the bill, convincing the senate to pass the bill still might not be easy.

Marcia Johnson, off-campus senator and speaker of the senate, said she thinks the issue may not be about a budget account. She said the senate may still have questions about the group’s intentions.

“I think that whether or not the budget was included is not going to be the biggest issue,” Johnson said. “The issue is to try to figure out if they have a pressing need [for funding] or are just taking the easy way out.

“There could be groups that have done fundraising all year and have a greater need vs. a group that has not even made other efforts to get money and is just asking GSB because it’s easier,” she said.

Some of the other bills that will be discussed request bringing back policies that were thrown out with the old bylaws.

One of the bills focuses on re-enacting the senate’s ability to vote with unanimous consent.

The bill on unanimous consent would amend the new bylaws to include the voting practice from the old bylaws, Johnson said.

“There are a lot of bills where we’ve had unanimous consent,” she said. “The new bylaws say we have to vote on each bill with a roll call vote, and that we cannot accept unanimous consent. But for expedience sake, we want to be able to accept unanimous consent.”

Bryan Burkhardt, president of GSB, said he also supports the idea of unanimous consent.

“Roll call was just a formality to make sure the senate runs more efficiently,” he said. “Otherwise, it’s pretty much the same thing [as unanimous consent].”

Another bill seeking to incorporate an old practice allows senators five minutes to debate a new motion or bill before it is put aside for discussion and vote until the next meeting. The new bylaws allow the senate to debate a new bill for any length of time.

“Those are just rules to help debate go a little smoother,” Johnson said. “The bill will just make a time limit for questioning. Last time we had a problem with people taking a lot of time to debate a bill that was not even voted on … and was actually voted out of order.”

Johnson said the new rule, if enacted, would give senators more time to think about a particular issue or bill.

“It will give senators a chance to figure out if there are any problems, and it will give them a chance to get in touch with the author of the bill if they have any questions after the bill is read, and before it is voted on the next week,” she said.

Burkhardt expressed a similar sentiment.

“I think it will allow more effective dialogue and will make senators think more about bills and issues before a vote,” he said.