republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sjr-9.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "20th anniversary of the nonresident tuition exemption: American Families Plan: immigration reform."
description: "This measure would recognize October 12, 2021, as the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the exemption from nonresident tuition for qualified students during the 2001–02 Regular Session. The measure would also call on the United States Congress to pass the American Families Plan and provide financial resources for undocumented students through the budget reconciliation process, and to adopt comprehensive immigration reform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SJR 9"
citation: "California SJR 9 (20212022)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["20th anniversary of the nonresident tuition exemption: American Families Plan: immigration reform."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-09-10"
last_action: "2022-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f4ee8b8-5512-4bce-9998-e007629427b3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SJR9"
source_hash: "cd8d6fdd6a62b521593e3a76ece4237ac04d22143ffd3423a3091e198fcf23c4"
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 9 (20212022) — 20th anniversary of the nonresident tuition exemption: American Families Plan: immigration reform.

This measure would recognize October 12, 2021, as the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the exemption from nonresident tuition for qualified students during the 2001–02 Regular Session. The measure would also call on the United States Congress to pass the American Families Plan and provide financial resources for undocumented students through the budget reconciliation process, and to adopt comprehensive immigration reform.

## Version chain

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

1. **09/10/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SJR9&version=20210SJR999INT)
2. **05/19/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SJR9&version=20210SJR998AMD)
3. **08/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SJR9&version=20210SJR996CHP)
4. **SJR9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SJR9)
5. **08/22/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SJR9&version=20210SJR997ENR)

## Votes

- Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SJR9 Limón et al. Concurrence — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SJR9 Limón — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SJR9 Limón — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SJR9 Limón — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SJR 9 Limón Senate Third Reading By Medina — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- Be adopted. Ordered to third reading — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Limón — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Akilah Weber — coauthor (person)
- Alvarez — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Bennett — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
- Cooley — coauthor (person)
- Cooper — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Cunningham — coauthor (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Gray — coauthor (person)
- Grayson — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Holden — coauthor (person)
- Irwin — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Mayes — coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)
- Mia Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Mike Fong — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
- Nazarian — coauthor (person)
- O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Quirk — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Ramos — coauthor (person)
- Rendon — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Villapudua — coauthor (person)
- Ward — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)
- Wilson — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-10** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** Set for hearing March 9.
- **2022-03-09** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3061.) (March 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 30. Noes 1. Page 3229.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2022-03-28** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Limón.
- **2022-03-28** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3230.)
- **2022-03-28** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 3230.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2022-03-28** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2022-03-31** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** June 8 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-20** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Flora.
- **2022-06-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-04** Coauthors revised.
- **2022-08-04** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 5751.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2022-08-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-18** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 4897.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 10:30 a.m.
- **2022-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 156, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f4ee8b8-5512-4bce-9998-e007629427b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).