88R11647 JRR-D
 
  By: Landgraf H.J.R. No. 133
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
  to set a minimum amount of monetary bond for persons charged with
  stalking or an offense involving family violence.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 11, Article I, Texas Constitution, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 11.  (a) All prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient
  sureties, unless for capital offenses [offences], when the proof is
  evident; but this provision shall not be so construed as to prevent
  bail after indictment found upon examination of the evidence, in
  such manner as may be prescribed by law.
         (b)  The legislature by general law may set a minimum amount
  of monetary bail that must be imposed in a case in which a person is
  accused of committing the offense of stalking or an offense
  involving family violence, as defined by the legislature.
         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 set a minimum amount of monetary bond for persons
  charged with stalking or an offense involving family violence."