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Bill Limitation on right to bail. 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. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2023 SJR 1 Indiana SJR 1 (2023)
joint resolution
BAIL AND BAIL BONDSMEN
CONSTITUTION OF INDIANA
enacted
Aaron Freeman
Chris Jeter
Eric Koch
Rodric Bray
5 29 1 2023-01-09 2023-04-26 openstates ocd-bill/36f6c94a-c620-43be-bbca-be9659d5b047 http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/resolutions/senate/joint/1 2f2b0592fd9af1fe24a1be92497b9b5533b7ab66296db82525bcf364baa9834c 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Indiana SJR 1 (2023) — Limitation on right to bail.

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.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Engrossed Senate Resolution (H) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Enrolled Senate Resolution (S) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Introduced Senate Resolution (S) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Resolution (H) (committee substitute) — source
  5. Senate Resolution (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SJR 1 - Koch - 3rd Reading — 3415 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
  • Chris Jeter — primary (person)
  • Eric Koch — primary (person)
  • Rodric Bray — primary (person)
  • Gregory Steuerwald — cosponsor (person)
  • Jerry Torr — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael Young — coauthor (person)
  • Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
  • Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
  • Wendy McNamara — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2023-01-09 Authored by Senator Koch
  • 2023-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-01-17 Senator Bray added as second author
  • 2023-01-17 Senator Freeman added as third author
  • 2023-01-19 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-01-24 Amendment #1 (Pol) failed; Roll Call 13: yeas 11, nays 39 amendment-failure, failure
  • 2023-01-24 Amendment #2 (Pol) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
  • 2023-01-24 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-01-24 Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
  • 2023-01-26 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 27: yeas 34, nays 15 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-01-26 House sponsor: Representative Jeter
  • 2023-01-26 Cosponsors: Representatives Steuerwald and McNamara
  • 2023-01-30 Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
  • 2023-01-31 Referred to the House referral
  • 2023-02-02 Representative Torr added as cosponsor
  • 2023-02-07 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-04-04 Amendment #3 (Jeter) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2023-04-04 Amendment #2 (Hatfield) motion withdrawn amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal
  • 2023-04-04 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-04-06 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
  • 2023-04-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 368: yeas 70, nays 19 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-04-12 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2023-04-13 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 386: yeas 38, nays 9
  • 2023-04-13 Senator Young M added as coauthor
  • 2023-04-17 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2023-04-21 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-26 Public Law 255 became-law
  • 2023-04-26 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36f6c94a-c620-43be-bbca-be9659d5b047. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).