Bill Text: TX SJR1 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 16-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2025-02-20 - Received from the Senate [SJR1 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SJR1-Engrossed.html

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By: Huffman, et al. S.J.R. No. 1
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail
for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This joint resolution shall be known as
Jocelyn's Law.
SECTION 2. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 11e to read as follows:
Sec. 11e. (a) In this section, "illegal alien" means a
person who:
(1) entered the United States without inspection or at
any time or place other than as designated by the United States
attorney general; or
(2) was admitted as a nonimmigrant and, before the
date of the commission of the offense, had failed to maintain the
nonimmigrant status under which the alien was admitted or to which
the status was changed under applicable federal immigration law, or
to comply with the conditions of the person's status.
(b) An illegal alien who is accused of committing an offense
punishable as a felony shall be denied bail pending trial if a judge
or magistrate determines after a hearing that probable cause exists
to believe that the person engaged in the conduct constituting the
offense.
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the denial of
bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a
felony."