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Assembly Charge

The Legislative Assembly is empowered to act in all matters for the Los Angeles Division though subject to provisions of Divisional bylaws. Members of the Assembly approve all changes to the Senate Bylaws and Regulations, including proposals to transfer, consolidate, disestablish, discontinue, and suspend academic programs and units. The Legislative Assembly ratifies slates for each of the Senate's Standing Committees as recommended by the Committee on Committees, reviews and approves annual reports of each of the Standing Committees, and considers campus-wide issues. Proposals having a wide effect on faculty life are always brought before the Legislative Assembly.  The Legislative Assembly meets at least once per quarter for a total of four times during the academic year.

Membership

  • Voting members of the Legislative Assembly are elected from and by constituencies from all areas of the campus. Departments are allotted at least one voting member (see Divisional Appendix I, Scale of Representation in the Legislative Assembly). Administrative officers who hold Senate membership also elect at least one representative.
  • Ex officio members include the UC President, UCLA Chancellor, Senate Chair, Senate Vice Chair, Senate Immediate Past Chair, Senate Secretary, and voting members of the Executive Board.
  • The Division Chair chairs the Legislative Assembly.
  • Legislative Assembly representatives serve a three-year term beginning on September first. Please see information regarding other start-of-term dates within the “Election Deadlines” section below.
  • Here is the list of current voting members of the Legislative Assembly.

2026-27 Meeting Schedule

  • Thursday, November 5, 2026 from 2:00-4:00 pm in the California NanoSystems Institute Auditorium
  • Thursday, February 4, 2027 from 2:00-4:00 pm over videoconference
  • Thursday, April 8, 2027 from 2:00-4:00 pm in the California NanoSystems Institute Auditorium
  • Thursday, May 20, 2027 from 2:00-4:00 pm over videoconference


Parliamentary Procedures

The procedures of the Legislative Assembly are governed by the current edition of the American Institute of Parliamentarian Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure per bylaw 135.C.4 of the UCLA Divisional Manual. The Legislative Assembly adopted "Standing Rules of Procedure" for the 2025-26 academic year. The Legislative Assembly may review resolutions brought to the Assembly by voting members. Please review guidance on how to submit a resolution for consideration.

 

Interactions with Administration: The Chancellor plays an active role with the Legislative Assembly, usually giving an opening address to the Assembly each Fall Quarter and attending meetings whenever possible to listen to faculty issues and to offer comments. In addition, the Assembly regularly invites administrators who can speak to current issues, such as the Executive Vice Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor for Research.

Senate Chair: Tim Groeling, tgroeling@senate.ucla.edu 

Senate Executive Director: April de Stefano 

For inquiries, please contact lga@senate.ucla.edu.

Every Spring quarter, the UCLA Academic Senate Elections Commissioner notifies department Chairs of the deadline for the election of LgA representatives. The Spring 2026 deadline for departments and CIIs to hold elections and report results to the Academic Senate was May 15, 2026. If a department did not hold an election before the deadline or if there is a need for an election at other times of the academic year, please refer to the deadlines below. See the Legislative Assembly Representative Elections section within Senate Elections for more information.

If your department wishes to hold an off-cycle election during the academic year to fill a vacant seat, please report election results through this Google form or by emailing lga@senate.ucla.ed by the deadlines below: 

Deadline:Term Start Date: 
October 26, 2026November 5, 2026, Legislative Assembly meeting
January 25, 2027February 4, 2027, Legislative Assembly meeting
March 29, 2027April 8, 2027, Legislative Assembly meeting
May 10, 2027May 20, 2027, Legislative Assembly meeting