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Indiana 2026

SJR 1

Constitutional amendment concerning bail.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-10-27 06:11:10 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Indiana
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
joint resolution
Subjects
COURTS; Bail and Bail Bondsmen, CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Rules of Trial Procedure, STATE GOVERNMENT; Constitution
Introduced / first action
2025-12-09 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Provides that an offense other than murder or treason is not bailable if: (1) the proof is evident or the presumption strong; and (2) the state proves by clear and convincing evidence that no release conditions will reasonably protect the safety of any other person or the community. This proposed amendment has been agreed to by one general assembly.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Signed by the President of the Senate

    passage

  2. Public Law 164

    became-law

  3. Signed by the Speaker

    passage

  4. Returned to the Senate without amendments

    receipt

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

    passage

  6. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 244: yeas 75, nays 11

    passage, reading-3

  7. Second reading: ordered engrossed

    reading-2

  8. Committee report: do pass, adopted

    committee-passage

  9. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

    reading-1, referral-committee

  10. Referred to the House

    referral

  11. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 43: yeas 43, nays 2

    passage, reading-3

  12. Senator Bray added as second author

  13. Senator Buck added as coauthor

  14. Senator Freeman added as third author

  15. House sponsor: Representative Jeter

  16. Senator Young M added as coauthor

  17. Second reading: ordered engrossed

    reading-2

  18. Committee report: do pass, adopted

    committee-passage

  19. First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law

    reading-1, referral-committee

  20. Authored by Senator Koch

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