---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to immigration reform."
description: "This measure would urge the Congress of the United States to work with President Joseph R. Biden to pass comprehensive immigration reform guided by empathy, inclusion, and opportunity, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SJR 2"
citation: "California SJR 2 (20212022)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Immigration reform."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9083bf68-7ff2-42a9-8370-766c37ab4402"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SJR2"
source_hash: "e7deaea013b19bec4eb9c84fe1a1979ee47eaffaf5a973537cdc9b5916ce491b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SJR 2 (20212022) — Relative to immigration reform.

This measure would urge the Congress of the United States to work with President Joseph R. Biden to pass comprehensive immigration reform guided by empathy, inclusion, and opportunity, as provided.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **03/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SJR2&version=20210SJR299INT)
2. **09/10/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SJR2&version=20210SJR297CHP)
3. **SJR2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SJR2)
4. **09/02/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SJR2&version=20210SJR298ENR)

## Votes

- Be adopted. To third reading. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- SJR 2 Hueso Senate Third Reading By REYES — **60–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SJR2 Hueso et al. — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted. Ordered to third reading — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hueso — primary (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Durazo — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Hurtado — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-08** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2021-04-07** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 689.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 750.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-30** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 60. Noes 2. Page 2562.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2021-08-31** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2021-09-10** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 11 a.m.
- **2021-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 128, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9083bf68-7ff2-42a9-8370-766c37ab4402`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).