SJR 9 California Senate · 2013-2014 Regular Session

Relative to the Startup Act 3.0.

Summary

This measure would urge the United States Congress and the President to establish new entrepreneur and science, technology, engineering, or mathematics-related visa categories for legal immigrants as part of comprehensive federal immigration reform, that would, among other things, create an Entrepreneur's Visa for legal immigrants, provide authorization to adjust the status of not more than 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's degree or a doctorate degree, as specified, to that of aliens conditionally admitted for permanent residence, and eliminate per-country caps for employment-based immigrant visas.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2013

Committee Review

Sep 2013

Senate Passage

May 2013

Assembly Passage

Sep 2013

Signed into Law

Sep 2013

Introduced Mar 21, 2013 Signed Sep 10, 2013

Floor votes · Senate May 6, 2013 · Assembly Sep 3, 2013

How they voted

31–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 34

May 6, 2013

D Democratic25

22 Yea 3

88% Yea

R Republican9

9 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Sep 10, 2013

Introduced

Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 4:30 p.m.

legislature

Sep 6, 2013

Upper · Passed

Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2170.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

upper

Sep 5, 2013

Introduced

In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

upper

Sep 3, 2013

Lower · Passed

Read. Amended. Adopted. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2847.) Ordered to the Senate.

lower

Aug 29, 2013

Introduced

Amended.

lower

Aug 28, 2013

Lower · Passed

From committee: Be adopted as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 27).

lower

Aug 5, 2013

Lower · Passed

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

lower

Jun 24, 2013

Committee

Referred to Com. on JUD.

lower

May 6, 2013

Upper · Passed

Read. Adopted. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 807.) Ordered to the Assembly.

upper

May 1, 2013

Upper · Passed

From committee: Ordered to third reading.

upper

Apr 29, 2013

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

upper

Apr 29, 2013

Upper · Passed

Hearing postponed by committee.

upper

Apr 25, 2013

Upper · Passed

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

upper

Apr 3, 2013

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

upper

Mar 21, 2013

Committee

Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.

upper

1 primary · 65 co-sponsors