Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore last night presented a new Guest Policy that would bring an end to the co-host policy, the need for study extensions and 8 p.m. cutoffs to swipe into Boston University residence halls.

The proposal, presented at last night’s Student Union meeting at the Photonics Center, would allow students living on campus to swipe into all BU residences between 7 a.m. and 2 a.m., while the current policy limits entry at 8 p.m. without having to sign in. From 2 a.m. to 7 a.m., guests could sign in with the front desk and leave photo identification.

For what the proposal calls a “one-night visit,” residents would not need roommates’ written consent to house a guest, though the proposal encourages verbal agreements among roommates. Between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m., guests are considered non-BU students, students living off campus or on-campus students from other residences, according to the proposal.

For visits exceeding one night, residents must receive written consent from roommates and submit an overnight guest pass to a security officer before 2 a.m., according to the proposal.

Elmore, who had been working on the proposal while consulting with community members since last summer, said he hopes the new policy will be in place by the fall semester.

“This is putting a whole lot of responsibility on you and your roommate and your apartment-mate or your suitemate,” Elmore said. “This might be a harder policy for you to deal with, because we at the university are saying, ‘We’re putting it on you.'”

Elmore said he is calling for the elimination of the co-host policy, which bars opposite-sex guests from staying in their hosts’ rooms.

The proposal would eliminate the need for students to get permission from the Office of Residence Life for overnight guests. Instead, guests would be cleared through the residence’s front desk.

The proposal will also treat the Student Village at 10 Buick Street different from other on-campus residences, Elmore said. Guests will be permitted within the residence at any time if they are accompanied by a 10 Buick Street resident, the proposal states.

“10 Buick Street is all about verbal consent with your roommate,” Elmore said, adding the same policy will stand for future Student Village projects.

The proposal states off-campus students with dining plans would be able to swipe into dorms with dining halls until those facilities close, including Late Nite hours. Off-campus students without dining plans will not be allowed into on-campus residences unless they are escorted, Elmore said.

Elmore will present the proposal to the Faculty Council today and will present it in April to the University Council, which would have to approve any amendments.

“I’m not here to tell you this is a perfect policy,” Elmore said, “but I am here to tell you that this is incorporating a lot of people’s input to get closer to coming to a consensus about how people interact with roommates, live in their spaces and have some control over who goes in and out of their spaces.”

“The discussion is not over,” he later continued. “This is not set in stone right now.”