For consideration at the 2026 NCAA Convention, amendments-to-amendments must be received at the NCAA national office not later than 5 p.m. Eastern time, Saturday, November 1.

In addition, the following procedures should be observed:

1. Amendments to proposals of a federated provision contained in the 2026 NCAA Convention Division II legislative grid may be submitted by active members in accordance with the provisions of NCAA Division II Bylaw 9.3.4.2 (amendment-to-amendment).
2. An amendment-to-amendment of a division dominant provision may only be sponsored by the NCAA Division II Executive Board.
3. Institution Submissions – Federated Provision: Eight or more active Division II institutions may submit amendments-to-amendments of a federated provision, provided all sponsoring institutions are active members with voting privileges. An amendment-to-amendment must be submitted in the name of the institution by the chancellor or president or the designated representative. [Note: The chancellor or president must provide written notification (prior to the Saturday, November 1 deadline) to the national office of any individual designated to assert sponsorship of a legislative proposal on behalf of the institution.]
4. Conference Submissions – Federated Provision: One member conference with voting privileges may submit amendments-to-amendments of a federated provision on behalf of eight or more active conference member institutions. Conference submitted amendments-to-amendments must be signed by the chair of the conference’s presidential administrative group, or at least two chancellors or presidents of the conference’s member institutions if the conference has no presidential administrative group.
5. Indicate the specific proposal to be amended by using the title of the proposal as designated in the legislative grid for the Convention.
6. All amendments-to-amendments shall include a statement of intent.
7. All amendments-to-amendments may include a statement of rationale that shall not exceed 50 words in length.
8. All amendments-to-amendments shall designate a primary contact person.
9. An amendment-to-amendment may not increase the modification of the original proposal. The following standard may be used to determine whether the amendment-to-amendment “increases the modification” of the proposal in question:

   First, examine the current legislation that the original proposal is designed to amend. For example, current legislation permits a prospective student-athlete to make unofficial visits to a member institution’s campus (at their own expense) an unlimited number of times. Suppose the original proposed amendment would limit a prospective student-athlete to only three such visits per institution. If the required number of Division II institutions wishes to submit an amendment-to-amendment stipulating that five (rather than three) such unofficial visits should be permitted, such an amendment-to-amendment would be permissible because a limit of five visits is between the current legislation (no limit on the number of such visits) and the original proposed amendment (a limit of three visits). If the required number of Division II institutions wishes to sponsor an amendment-to-amendment that only two (rather than three) such unofficial visits should be permitted, such an amendment-to-amendment would not be permissible, because a limit of two visits is a greater modification of the current legislation (no limit on the number of visits) than the original proposed amendment (a limit of three visits). In summary, amendments-to-amendments cannot make a greater change to the current legislation than the original proposed amendment.

10. The sponsors of each proposed amendment-to-amendment that, if adopted, would result in significant expenditures from the Association’s budget and/or by member institutions, may be required by the Executive Board to provide written documentation of the estimated costs to the division and/or member institutions.
11. Amendments-to-amendments must be submitted through the Legislative Services Database for the Internet (LSDBi).
    1. Access LSDBi
    2. Click on “Membership” in the upper right-hand corner of the screen then click on “My Apps”. Login using your previously established username and password. If you do not already have a username and password, click on “register” and follow the on-screen instructions. If you have forgotten your previously established password, click “Forgot your password?”.
    3. Click on “LSDBi” in the My Applications Links box.
    4. Hover over the “Legislative Process” tab.
    5. Click on “Amend a Proposal”.