Members of the University of Wisconsin student government voted to send a controversial piece of legislation that would place added checks and balances on the Student Services Finance Committee to that committee.

A matter of dissent among Student Council during last night’s meeting surrounded the Process Standardization Committee legislation and whether it should go to SSFC for two weeks to later be killed, reviewed and potentially amended.

SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart and Rep. Cale Plamann urged council members to vote to send the legislation to their committee so they could ensure it upheld viewpoint neutrality and respected the autonomy of the committee.

Neibart said she saw the legislation as a personal attack against herself and other members of her committee.

“This legislation proves a sheer mistrust of myself, SSFC and the Student Judiciary to not serve [in our positions],” SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart said. “I urge you to have faith in myself and my authority.”

Neibart added if the legislation was not passed to SSFC, she would refuse to hold hearings and step down as chair.

Rep. Nneka Akubeze said she disagreed with the ultimatum being put on the table.

She added that she was nervous this announcement could affect how council members voted and said letting it affect their decisions would be inappropriate.

Before the vote, legislation co-sponsor Rep. Arturo Diaz made a point of information stating that he would be taking a leave from his position on SSFC for the next two weeks, when the proposal would be in the committee.

The motion was carried through a roll call vote with 12 ayes, six nays and four abstentions.

Legislation proposing Associated Students of Madison support the UW’s holistic admissions process and stand in opposition to the Center for Equal Opportunity’s report was also approved.

Rep. Leland Pan spoke on the legislation, characterizing it as a way to support the university throughout the process while also emphasizing transparency in a university study of the admissions process.

Pan added if there was any credibility to be found in the CEO’s document, this would be an issue that needs to be “tackled.”

Council members then amended the legislation in the aims of making it an accurate representation of the differing viewpoints among each representative. The amended legislation was passed unanimously.

“I did think there was a lot of dicey process with the amendment,” Pan said in an interview with The Badger Herald. “I think people wanted to ensure [the legislation] was as reflective as possible for the entirety of council, which was reflected in the unanimous vote.”

Legislation affecting deadlines for the SSFC and General Student Services Fund groups were also passed during Wednesday’s meeting.

Additionally, a motion to review the Board of Regents’ UW System Financial Policy 50 was approved, which lends ASM support to the United Council of UW Students’ initiative to give students more power over segregated fees.

Other legislation to express ASM is against the differential tuition bill being passed around was carried along with a proposal to add student seats to the Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operating Flexibilities.