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Senate Judiciary advances SR 21 after inserting condemnation of named deaths; amended resolution moves to floor 4-1
Summary
The Senate Judiciary committee approved two edits to SR 21, adding language that "unequivocally condemns the extrajudicial killings of Renee Goode and Alex Petrie" and a grammatical fix; the amendment instances passed 5-0 and the amended resolution was advanced on a 4-1 roll call.
The Senate Judiciary committee on Feb. 5 approved changes to SR 21, a resolution addressing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Operation Metro Surge, inserting a findings clause that "based on initial and substantive evidence... unequivocally condemns the extrajudicial killings of Renee Goode and Alex Petrie," and advanced the amended resolution to the floor on a 4-1 vote.
Michael Chernick, legislative counsel, told the committee he had been asked to make two edits to the chamber resolution: one substantive insertion and one grammatical change. "They are totally divisible, and you can be voting on them separately," he said, reading the proposed language that adds a findings-based qualifier and the explicit condemnation naming the two individuals.
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