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type: "Bill"
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title: "Constitutional amendment concerning bail."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SJR 1"
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citation: "Indiana SJR 1 (2026)"
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classification: ["joint resolution"]
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subjects: ["COURTS; Bail and Bail Bondsmen", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Rules of Trial Procedure", "STATE GOVERNMENT; Constitution"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Chris Jeter", "Eric Koch", "Rodric Bray"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-12-09"
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last_action: "2026-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d97709a-0c15-4b80-b579-84b36418db72"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sj0001"
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source_hash: "96e68ce158a7ce028e0fe40a279dabc55dae2aa5f206aee71788e800f75c2716"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SJR 1 (2026) — Constitutional amendment concerning bail.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Senate Resolution (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/resolutions/SJ0001/SJ0001.04.ENRH.pdf)
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2. **Introduced Senate Resolution (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/resolutions/SJ0001/SJ0001.01.INTR.pdf)
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3. **Senate Resolution (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/resolutions/SJ0001/SJ0001.02.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Senate Resolution (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/resolutions/SJ0001/SJ0001.03.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SJR 1 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **43–2** (pass) · upper
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- SJR 1 - Jeter - 3rd Reading — **75–11** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
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- Chris Jeter — primary (person)
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- Rodric Bray — primary (person)
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- James Buck — coauthor (person)
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- Michael Young — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-09** Authored by Senator Koch
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- **2025-12-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-22** Senator Young M added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-22** House sponsor: Representative Jeter
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- **2026-01-22** Senator Freeman added as third author
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- **2026-01-22** Senator Buck added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-22** Senator Bray added as second author
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- **2026-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 43: yeas 43, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-23** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2026-01-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-09** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 244: yeas 75, nays 11 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2026-02-17** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
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- **2026-02-18** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Public Law 164 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d97709a-0c15-4b80-b579-84b36418db72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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