diff --git a/constitution.tex b/constitution.tex
index 8dd2130..b366b7e 100644
--- a/constitution.tex
+++ b/constitution.tex
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ \subsection{Modifying the Constitution}
 The ballots are collected for a minimum of a forty-eight hour period.
 A quorum of two-thirds of Eligible Votes must cast ballots for the vote to be official.
 A vote equaling or exceeding two-thirds of the number of Votes Cast is required for the change to be placed into the Constitution.
+\asubsubsection{Compliance with RIT Policy and New York State Law}
+Any change made to Article  \ref{ADHERENCE TO UNIVERSITY POLICIES} which is made due to an update in NY law or RIT policy may be treated as a Non-Semantic change.
+ 
 \asubsubsection{Overrides}
 The Constitution may be overridden by an Immediate Nine-Tenths Vote with eighty-five percent quorum as described in \ref{Immediate Vote}.
 
@@ -1014,11 +1017,11 @@ \subsection{Modifying the Constitution}
 \asubsection{NY State Hazing Law}
 
 \asubsubsection{§ 120.16 Hazing in the first degree.}
-A person is guilty of hazing in the first degree when, in the course of another person's initiation into or affiliation with any organization, he intentionally or recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of physical injury to such other person or a third person and thereby causes such injury.
+A person is guilty of hazing in the first degree when, in the course of another person's initiation into or affiliation with any organization, he intentionally or recklessly engages in conduct, including, but not limited to, making physical contact with or requiring physical activity of such other person, which creates a substantial risk of physical injury to such other person or a third person and thereby causes such injury.
 Hazing in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor.
 
 \asubsubsection{§ 120.17 Hazing in the second degree.}
-A person is guilty of hazing in the second degree when, in the course of another person's initiation or affiliation with any organization, he intentionally or recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of physical injury to such other person or a third person.
+A person is guilty of hazing in the second degree when, in the course of another person's initiation or affiliation with any organization, he intentionally or recklessly engages in conduct, including, but not limited to, making physical contact with or requiring physical activity of such other person, which creates a substantial risk of physical injury to such other person or a third person.
 Hazing in the second degree is a violation.
 
 \asection{Anti-Discrimination Clause}