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Senate committee sends constitutional amendment to deny bail for certain repeat violent offenders to floor
Summary
The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice voted 7–0 to send Senate Joint Resolution 87 to the full Senate with a favorable recommendation.
The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice voted 7–0 to send Senate Joint Resolution 87 to the full Senate with a favorable recommendation. The measure, as explained by Senator Huffman, would amend the Texas Constitution to require courts to deny bond to a person who has been convicted of or is currently on bond for certain listed serious felonies when there is probable cause to believe the person committed another of those same offenses.
Why it matters: The amendment would remove judicial discretion in a narrow set of repeat-offender circumstances and change how pretrial liberty is handled for the most serious charges, a shift advocates say raises due-process concerns.
Senator Huffman, who explained the…
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