SB 1303 killed on 7-2 vote
After a three-hour hearing with lots of testimony on both sides - but far more against the bill than in favor - Sen. Monty Pearce, R-New Plymouth, made a motion to send SB 1303, Sen. Mike Jorgenson's sweeping immigration legislation, to the amending order. Sen. Russ Fulcher, R-Meridian, seconded the motion - but it failed on a 7-2 vote. That means the bill is dead. The other immigration bill, SB 1271, will be taken up tomorrow, as the hearing ran a half-hour past its allotted time.
