Members of Student Council faced critiques during Wednesday night’s open forum before moving into a debate over a new piece of legislation that could affect the Student Services Finance Committee.

The proposed legislation, which was sponsored by Reps. Tito Diaz, Tia Nowack and Vines, calls for the creation of a Process Standardization Committee.

This committee would serve as an extra check on the SSFC and Student Judiciary by looking over new legislation.

SSFC Emeritus Chair Manes said the legislation would undermine both SSFC and Student Judiciary – and that the proposal undermined past work of the SSFC.

Rep. David Vines also spoke in open forum concerning the legislation.

“We’ve been in a habit of giving ourselves more power without checking it … sometimes in illegal ways,” Vines said.

The legislation was not formally brought to SSFC before presented during Council.

During questioning, Vines added this legislation should not go to SSFC as it is asking members whether or not they believe they should have more oversight.

Nowack said this should not be an issue as prior legislation regarding SSFC had also been brought to Council first and that it seems irresponsible to give a body a vote on whether or not they should check themselves.

SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart said SSFC is an autonomous branch of the Associated Students of Madison that should have the power to govern itself. She added she thinks the representatives putting their names on the bill could have brought it to her, and she would have put it on the agenda.

Neibart emphasized SSFC is a team that works together, and this bill is questioning the competency of its members.

Rep. Cale Plamann said that while he thinks there should be some sort of oversight, he disagrees with how it came about in the bill.

This looks like an “after-the-fact addition” to try to negate a waiver already passed and in use, Plamann said.

The question was called, but it resulted in a tie. ASM Chair Allie Gardner voted not to refer the legislation to SSFC, and ASM will open debate on the legislation next week.

Manes also spoke during open forum to deliver a critique on Student Council.

Manes said the Associated Students of Madison were letting open forum extend too long during their meetings, limiting the amount of time they had to act.

He added that he disapproved of how debate has been going in past meetings, stating members are spending too much time “bickering” amongst themselves when they could meet outside of Council to work out these arguments.

“I think it’s about time you guys stood up and started acting like leaders,” Manes said.

Other measures covered in last night’s meeting included endorsing a Badger Rejection of Violence following an incident after Saturday’s football game.

The closed session bylaw change was also passed with no nays, and the transparent segregated university fee referendum motion was also passed.

Legislation concerning SSFC appointments to auxiliary boards and General Student Services Fund Budget Deadlines for the SSFC was postponed.