Senate passes 'grandparent bill'
Elections 2025
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September 18, 2025
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A split Senate narrowly passed a bill to allow citizenship to foreign-born grandchildren of TT nationals, with the Opposition and most independent senators voting against the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2025. The debate lasted almost 11 hours, from September 17 into the wee hours of September 18.
The bill was passed by 16 votes "for," 13 "against" and one abstention.
Those supporting the bill were all government senators plus temporary independent senator Wesley Gibbings.
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