The Senate

= Senate of the Galactic Republic = The Galactic Senate is the central Legislative Body of the Galactic Republic and also the body from which is elected and which elects the Supreme Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. The Senate has variably been composed of nine to twenty-three Senators depending on the election laws at the time.

Senate Compositions
* One Centralist Seat remained contested for the whole of this term.

** During this Term, the TLF folded into the GPF.

*** No election took place this year owing to corruption in the organisation set to run the election so the prior year's Senators stayed on.

Procedures and Functions
The full Senate Rules may be found here.

Legislative Procedure
Senators or Representatives may submit legislation to the Senate Docket. This legislation will then be debated upon by the Senate (Representatives and Senators) during a debate chaired by the Vice chancellor.

Senators then vote upon the legislation and should it pass, it will be enacted.

Acts/Bills
Acts or Bills are legislation which introduce new law into the Galactic Republic Code or Galactic Republic Penal Code. Its integral to determine where in the code law is added.

A template for such legislation is found here.

Resolutions
Resolutions are legislation in which the Senate resolved to do a certain thing, such as promising to act upon a certain issue or making a certain order. Resolutions may also resolve to amend the Galactic Republic Constitution or Senate Rules.

A template for such legislation is found here.