Bill Text: TX SJR51 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for the denial of bail to a person accused of committing a trafficking or sexual offense against a child while released on bail for committing a similar offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SJR51 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SJR51-Introduced.html
| 88R7091 CJD-D | ||
| By: Parker | S.J.R. No. 51 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | ||
| to enact laws providing for the denial of bail to a person accused | ||
| of committing a trafficking or sexual offense against a child while | ||
| released on bail for committing a similar offense. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 11d to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 11d. (a) The legislature by general law may provide | ||
| for the denial of bail to any person who is accused of committing a | ||
| trafficking or sexual offense against a child, who is released on | ||
| bail pending trial and while on bail commits another trafficking or | ||
| sexual offense against a child, if a judge or magistrate, following | ||
| a hearing, determines by a preponderance of the evidence that the | ||
| person committed the offense while on bail. | ||
| (b) In this section, "sexual offense" means: | ||
| (1) aggravated kidnapping committed with the intent to | ||
| violate or abuse the child sexually; | ||
| (2) indecency with a child; | ||
| (3) sexual assault; | ||
| (4) aggravated sexual assault; | ||
| (5) burglary committed with the intent to commit an | ||
| offense described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this | ||
| subsection; | ||
| (6) sexual performance by a child; | ||
| (7) compelling prostitution; or | ||
| (8) continuous sexual abuse of a young child. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | ||
| legislature to enact laws providing for the denial of bail to a | ||
| person accused of committing a trafficking or sexual offense | ||
| against a child while released on bail for committing a similar | ||
| offense." | ||
