By Vince Gasparini | February 19, 2025
The Student Association Senate unanimously passed a legislation package on Wednesday (2/12) that will require packages ordered to the SA Office by student organizations to only be able to be picked up by a top-four executive board member of the organization.
The Student Association Office entrance in Campus Center West.
Photo Credit: Vince Gasparini / The ASP
“What this does is it introduces the idea of an ID check system like they do at the mailroom,” Rennard said while introducing the bill. “So when someone comes in and says, ‘Hey, I’m a part of x, y, z, organization,’ we are actually checking to make sure they are a part of that organization.”
The legislation, sponsored by Senator Emma Rennard and co-sponsored by Senator Aaron Mattupurath, was put forward after the president of the UAlbany Cyber Defense Organization (CDO) came to the Senate’s Jan. 29 meeting and informed Senators that an unauthorized member of his organization had collected over $300 worth of material from the SA office that the organization had ordered.
The individual had collected the material from the mail office without providing any sort of identification or proof of his membership in the club, according to the president of the organization. The material was
“When the president and vice president came to the office to come and collect their very expensive prizes, they were told, ‘We thought you guys picked that up like two days ago,’” Rennard said. “Which is an issue and where this bill comes from.”
The legislation was passed in two parts - “Parcel Policy One” and “Parcel Policy Two.” The former is a resolution written by the vice president of CDO, while the ladder is a bill requiring packages at the SA Office to only be picked up by a top-four member of the organization who ordered them and requires the individual retrieving the package to show their UAlbany ID so that SA Office staff can verify.
It also stipulates that if an unauthorized individual attempts to pick up a package, they will be denied and the organization will be notified.
“This is just a way to fix a problem that I don’t think any of us realized was a problem,” Rennard said.
The bill is set to go into effect on Aug. 25, 2025.
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