Senate moves SJR 9 (file item 52) to further consideration; amendments adopted 29-10

Senate Joint Resolution 9, identified on the daily file as "relative to immigration rates" and sponsored by Senator Durazo, was taken up as unfinished business and advanced after floor action on Monday.

When recognized on the floor, Senator Durazo said the measure incorporated amendments following prior debate and urged colleagues to vote in favor: "We have had much debate, conversation ... and this merely reflects some amendments, and I strongly urge an I vote." The measure was placed on call during an initial roll call and later the call was lifted for a recorded vote on the amendments.

After the call was lifted the secretary recorded votes and the presiding officer announced "Ayes, 29. Nos, 10." The presiding officer then stated that the amendments were adopted. The body moved the item as indicated and returned it to second reading per the chamber's scheduling rules for measures reported by the Appropriations Committee.

The text of SJR 9 on the floor was described only as "relative to immigration rates" in the reading; no fuller policy text, amendment language, or fiscal effects were read into the public transcript during the floor remarks recorded here. As a result, specifics of the resolution's policy content, amendment language and any fiscal impact are not specified in the floor transcript and were not available on the record presented.

The Senate later continued to other business, including memorial adjournments and committee notices.