Legislature
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What is the Legislature?
YMCA MYIG has three separate chambers, Red, White and Blue, in order to ensure that we have enough space and students can participate with peers in level and experiences. The Red and White Legislatures are comprised of all 8th grade students and any 7th grade student who has participated in YMCA MYIG as a 6th grader. The Blue Legislature is comprised of all 6th graders and 1st year 7th graders. Senate – There are 38 seats in Michigan’s Senate. The Senate is led by the Lt. Governor who is supported by a Reading Clerk and Writing Clerk. Senators write bills, discuss and amend bills in committee, recommend bills for consideration in the chamber (passaged in committee) and debate the passage of bills during House sessions. House – There are 110 seats in Michigan’s House of Representatives. Representatives make up the majority of the Youth in Government delegates in the program. Representatives write bills, discuss and amend bills in committee, recommend bills for consideration in the chamber (passaged in committee) and debate the passage of bills during House sessions. The Legislature program is a simulation of the Michigan Government. Students write a bill in which they could see becoming a law. Students and their bills are assigned to a committee and either the House or the Senate. Throughout the program the students, acting Senators and Representatives, discuss their bill in committee and in session. Once the bill passes committee, as well as House and Senate, it is then put onto the Youth Governors desk. The Youth in Government office then submits all of our bills that have been signed by the Youth Governor to the Michigan Legislature. We have had an elected Senator or Representative might like the bill idea so much they will present it as a from of legislation. In 2013 a Youth in Government bill about Anti Bullying became a law! Join the program that can make real change for the citizens of Michigan!
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