California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 21 D cosponsors

SJR 2 — Relative to the President's National Emergency Declaration.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 66, Statutes of 2019.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
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    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

This measure would urge the houses of the United States Congress to stand in unity and block the President's national emergency declaration by overriding the veto of House Joint Resolution 46 and, if not possible, to consider terminating the declaration of national emergency within 6 months or at the earliest possible time pursuant to the National Emergencies Act. The measure would urge the President to reconsider his motives and decision and allow military, defense, and counterdrug funds to be used for the purposes for which they are needed and for which they were made available.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 66, Statutes of 2019.

  2. Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3 p.m.

  3. In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  4. Read. Adopted. (Ayes 56. Noes 13. Page 1636.) Ordered to the Senate.

  5. Coauthors revised.

  6. From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (May 7).

  7. Referred to Com. on JUD.

  8. In Assembly. Held at Desk.

  9. Read. Adopted. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 561.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  11. From committee: Be adopted as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 438.) (March 26).

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

  13. Set for hearing March 26.

  14. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  15. Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 57 co-sponsors · 64 not signed on · 9 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (57)

Not signed on (64)

64 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

SJR 2 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Eggman

Passed 56 Yea · 13 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33609
Democratic 23101
Republican 0601
Total 5613011
% of votes cast 70%16%0%14%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Salas — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Daly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Ting — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Low — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Wood — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Chu — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Weber — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Burke — Not Voting
Gloria — Not Voting
Brough — Not Voting
Mayes — Not Voting
Frazier — Not Voting
Bigelow — Not Voting
Smith — Not Voting
Cunningham — Not Voting
Diep — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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Be adopted. To third reading.

Passed 9 Yea · 3 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6200
Democratic 3000
Republican 0100
Total 9300
% of votes cast 75%25%0%0%
How each member voted (12)
Member Party Vote
Chiu — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Holden — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Chau — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay

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3rd Reading SJR2 Umberg et al.

Passed 28 Yea · 7 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19503
Democratic 9000
Republican 0200
Total 28703
% of votes cast 74%18%0%8%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Rubio — Yea
Monning — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Beall — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hill — Yea
Roth — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Allen — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Pan — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Borgeas — Nay
Bates — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Chang — Not Voting
Wilk — Not Voting
Nielsen — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

What does SJR 2 do?
This measure would urge the houses of the United States Congress to stand in unity and block the President's national emergency declaration by overriding the veto of House Joint Resolution 46 and, if not possible, to consider terminating the declaration of national emergency within 6 months or at the earliest possible time pursuant to the National Emergencies Act. The measure would urge the President to reconsider his motives and decision and allow military, defense, and counterdrug funds to be used for the purposes for which they are needed and for which they were made available.
Who sponsors SJR 2?
SJR 2 is sponsored by Boerner, Tasha (Democratic), Bonta, Calderon, Cervantes, Sabrina (Democratic), Chau, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Daly, Eggman, Friedman, Gabriel, Jesse (Democratic), Gipson, Mike A. (Democratic), Gray, Grayson, Timothy S. (Democratic), Holden, Irwin, Jacqui (Democratic), Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Ash (Democratic), Kamlager-Dove, Levine, Limón, Monique (Democratic), Low, Maienschein, McCarty, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Al (Democratic), Nazarian, O'Donnell, Petrie-Norris, Cottie (Democratic), Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Sharon (Democratic), Ramos, James C. (Democratic), Rendon, Reyes, Eloise Gómez (Democratic), Rivas, Robert (Democratic), Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Ting, Weber, Wicks, Buffy (Democratic), Wood, Umberg, Thomas J. (Democratic), Hueso, Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (Democratic), Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca (Democratic), Berman, Marc (Democratic), Bloom, Rubio, Susan (Democratic), Gonzalez, Lena A. (Democratic), Eduardo Garcia, Mark Stone, Luz Rivas, Cristina Garcia, and Wendy Carrillo.
What is the current status of SJR 2?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SJR 2?
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