Students on campus may soon be able to dismiss their phones' "low battery" warnings with confidence.
Student Senate gave preliminary approval Tuesday night to legislation that would earmark money for six new cellphone recharging stations.
The proposed bill called for $28,800 to be appropriated to the SG Cabinet under the vice president to purchase the stations, which cost $4,800 each.
The stations can charge as many as 10 devices within 15 minutes, said Budget and Allocations Chairman Andrew Mason.
There is currently a recharging station in the UF Bookstore in the first floor of the Reitz Union that Mason said has seen positive student response.
Minority Sen. Kyle Collins called the amount "exorbitant."
"It's a perfect example of more SG waste," he said.
The bill passed the first round of the legislative process Tuesday.
The Senate also passed two reapportioning bills changing representation of areas in the Senate.
These bills transferred one senator from District B to District A and one senator from the Warrington College of Business Administration to the Graduate Student population.
