By: Huffman, Bettencourt, Kolkhorst S.J.R. No. 1          (In the Senate - Filed February 6, 2025; February 7, 2025,   read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;   February 13, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0;   February 13, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.J.R. No. 1 By:  Huffman     SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION       proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail   for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  This joint resolution shall be known as   Jocelyn's Law.          SECTION 2.  Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by   adding Section 11e to read as follows:          Sec. 11e.  (a)  In this section, "illegal alien" means a   person who:                (1)  entered the United States without inspection or at   any time or place other than as designated by the United States   attorney general; or                (2)  was admitted as a nonimmigrant and, before the   date of the commission of the offense, had failed to maintain the   nonimmigrant status under which the alien was admitted or to which   the status was changed under applicable federal immigration law, or   to comply with the conditions of the person's status.          (b)  An illegal alien who is accused of committing an offense   punishable as a felony shall be denied bail pending trial if a judge   or magistrate determines after a hearing that probable cause exists   to believe that the person engaged in the conduct constituting the   offense.          SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be   submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.   The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the   proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the denial of   bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a   felony."     * * * * *