| 1 | | - | By: Huffman, et al. S.J.R. No. 1 |
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| 2 | | - | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 1 | + | By: Huffman, Bettencourt, Kolkhorst S.J.R. No. 1 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed February 6, 2025; February 7, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; |
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| 4 | + | February 13, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | + | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; |
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| 6 | + | February 13, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.J.R. No. 1 By: Huffman |
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| 7 | 12 | | proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail |
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| 8 | 13 | | for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony. |
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| 9 | 14 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 15 | | SECTION 1. This joint resolution shall be known as |
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| 11 | 16 | | Jocelyn's Law. |
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| 12 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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| 13 | 18 | | adding Section 11e to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 19 | | Sec. 11e. (a) In this section, "illegal alien" means a |
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| 15 | 20 | | person who: |
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| 16 | 21 | | (1) entered the United States without inspection or at |
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| 17 | 22 | | any time or place other than as designated by the United States |
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| 18 | 23 | | attorney general; or |
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| 19 | 24 | | (2) was admitted as a nonimmigrant and, before the |
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| 20 | 25 | | date of the commission of the offense, had failed to maintain the |
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| 21 | 26 | | nonimmigrant status under which the alien was admitted or to which |
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| 22 | 27 | | the status was changed under applicable federal immigration law, or |
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| 23 | 28 | | to comply with the conditions of the person's status. |
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| 24 | 29 | | (b) An illegal alien who is accused of committing an offense |
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| 25 | 30 | | punishable as a felony shall be denied bail pending trial if a judge |
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| 26 | 31 | | or magistrate determines after a hearing that probable cause exists |
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| 27 | 32 | | to believe that the person engaged in the conduct constituting the |
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| 28 | 33 | | offense. |
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| 29 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 30 | 35 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025. |
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| 31 | 36 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 32 | 37 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the denial of |
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| 33 | 38 | | bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a |
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| 34 | 39 | | felony." |
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