It's not accurate actually.
Before 2009, the second generation and beyond were automatically citizens, but lost their citizenship automatically on their 28th birthday if they failed to retain it. The issue was that those of us who were born abroad didn't know because there was no centralized register to advise us. As testified by others in front of this committee, it led to all kinds of problems, which in turn created the drive for this proposal.
While the first-generation limit in 2009 eliminated that problematic regime—if I can put it that way—and put a clear regime in place, it still left out the second generation born abroad whose families had a significant connection.