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Bill Constitutional amendment concerning 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. This proposed amendment has been agreed to by one general assembly. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2026 SJR 1 Indiana SJR 1 (2026)
joint resolution
COURTS; Bail and Bail Bondsmen
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Rules of Trial Procedure
STATE GOVERNMENT; Constitution
enacted
Aaron Freeman
Chris Jeter
Eric Koch
Rodric Bray
4 20 2 2025-12-09 2026-02-23 openstates ocd-bill/8d97709a-0c15-4b80-b579-84b36418db72 https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sj0001 96e68ce158a7ce028e0fe40a279dabc55dae2aa5f206aee71788e800f75c2716 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Indiana SJR 1 (2026) — Constitutional amendment concerning 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. This proposed amendment has been agreed to by one general assembly.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • SJR 1 - Koch - 3rd Reading — 432 (pass) · upper
  • SJR 1 - Jeter - 3rd Reading — 7511 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
  • Chris Jeter — primary (person)
  • Eric Koch — primary (person)
  • Rodric Bray — primary (person)
  • James Buck — coauthor (person)
  • Michael Young — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-12-09 Authored by Senator Koch
  • 2025-12-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-01-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-01-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-01-22 Senator Young M added as coauthor
  • 2026-01-22 House sponsor: Representative Jeter
  • 2026-01-22 Senator Freeman added as third author
  • 2026-01-22 Senator Buck added as coauthor
  • 2026-01-22 Senator Bray added as second author
  • 2026-01-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 43: yeas 43, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-01-23 Referred to the House referral
  • 2026-01-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-09 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-02-12 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-16 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 244: yeas 75, nays 11 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-02-17 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2026-02-17 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
  • 2026-02-18 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-23 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-02-23 Public Law 164 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d97709a-0c15-4b80-b579-84b36418db72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).