Immigration reform: F3 and F4 visa categories.
Summary
This measure would memorialize the President and Congress of the United States to support immigration reform efforts that do not hurt families by eliminating or negatively impacting the F3 and F4 visa categories, or that end the discrimination against same-sex couples. The measure would memorialize the President and Congress to take a comprehensive, bipartisan, and well-reasoned approach to immigration issues that maintains the fair and appropriate priority for family reunification, including same-sex partners.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2013
Committee Review
Sep 2013
Senate Passage
Jul 2013
Assembly Passage
Sep 2013
Signed into Law
Sep 2013
Introduced May 24, 2013
Signed Sep 20, 2013
Floor votes · Senate Jul 1, 2013 · Assembly Sep 9, 2013
How they voted
25–1
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 34
Jul 1, 2013
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican9
11% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Sep 20, 2013
Introduced
Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 10:30 a.m.
legislature
Sep 11, 2013
Upper · Passed
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 1. Page 2365.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Sep 10, 2013
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Sep 9, 2013
Lower · Passed
Read. Amended. Adopted. (Ayes 57. Noes 7. Page 3003.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Aug 27, 2013
Lower · Passed
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 27).
lower
Jul 3, 2013
Committee
Referred to Com. on JUD.
lower
Jul 1, 2013
Upper · Passed
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 29. Noes 1. Page 1604.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
May 29, 2013
Upper · Passed
From committee: Ordered to third reading.
upper
May 24, 2013
Committee
Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
1 primary · 41 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Leland Yee
DDemocratic
Co
Adrin Nazarian
DDemocratic
Co
Al Muratsuchi
DDemocratic
Co
Anthony Rendon
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Quirk
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Wieckowski
DDemocratic
Co
Cheryl R. Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Holden
DDemocratic
Co
DW
Das Williams
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Chau
DDemocratic
Co
HP
Henry Perea
DDemocratic
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