Student YMCA

Supporting Officers

Supporting Officers are appointed to assist in making their particular program areas function. Under the direction of their Presiding Officers, the Supporting Officers are responsible for making certain that the State Assembly flows smoothly.

Applications are available to any delegate who meets the qualifications (a Sophomore + in their 2nd program year) and are registered member of their local chapter.

Delegates chosen to be a Supporting Officer will be expected to attend any applicable training, and carry out all duties of the office.

 

If selected, Supporting Officers must pay an $85 Programming Fee for training this fee includes a mandatory Presiding/Supporting Officer Training (POSO) which will be held in person March 6-8, 2026

Applying for a Supporting Officer Position

 

Committee Chair

Committee Chairs facilitate the legislative process. They will preside over committees.

Legislative Whip

Serving as the lead advocates in the legislative chambers, Legislative Whips are responsible for working with their Chamber Presiding Officer to progress the Legislative Agenda. Working in concert with the Legislative members, Executive Cabinet, and DLAs; Whips hold the keys to making or breaking legislation through the powers of knowledge, information, and persuasion. They are the “lifelines” for Senators and Representatives as they try to secure co-sponsors, pass their own legislation, and argue other proposed legislation.

 

Executive Cabinet

Along with the Governor and Lt. Governor, the YIG Executive Cabinet is made up of the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Attorney General, and the Chief Financial Officer. All of these positions are chosen (via popular election) during the previous year’s State Assembly. These three members of the Executive Cabinet also serve as members of the Presiding Officer Corps along with the Chief of Staff. Along with the members listed above, the Executive Team also includes Supporting Officers:

• Secretary of State
• Surgeon General
• Department of Children and Families
• Department of Environmental Protection
• Department of Business and Professional Regulation
• Department of Corrections
• Department of Transportation

  

Associate Justice

The YIG Supreme Court bench consists of a Chief Justice, Senior Justice, and Associate Justices. The court hears cases that have been fictitiously appealed through Florida’s court system. Associate Justices are appointed by the Chief Justice with recommendations from the Senior Justices. The bench is responsible for hearing cases which have been fictitiously appealed through Florida’s court system. The YIG Supreme Court is not a trial court, like those in Perry Mason or Law & Order, where the parties dispute the case facts. Instead, the attorneys here argue legal issues raised by undisputed facts. For example, attorneys will not argue whether a criminal defendant in fact broke the law, but whether the law is constitutional or whether the trial court applied it correctly.