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Yes. Allows bail to be denied before conviction for listed grave offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great, requires reasons in the record, and freezes the open 85 percent category as of November 3, 2026.
No. Keeps capital-only denial of bail under that same proof standard, with no requirement to record the reasons. No is current law, not a neutral abstention.
Stated facts
Senate Joint Resolution 25 substitutes Article I, Section 15. Prisoners remain bailable unless the listed offenses, and only when the proof is evident or the presumption great. Category (7) is any other offense for which, as of November 3, 2026, a convicted defendant could not be released before at least eighty-five percent of the sentence. Reasons for granting or denying bail in those cases must be placed in the record. The text does not mention a hearing or counsel.
Lane table
Lane
Yes
No (current law)
Scripture
Protect community / punish evil Scripture command
Stronger
Under-protects
; ; ;
Due process / proof before punishment Scripture command
Leviticus 24:12 and Numbers 15:34 are a thin custody precedent. Cite them. Do not build the lean on them.
Thin precedent only
Capital only
;
Impartial judging Scripture command
Deuteronomy 1:16-17 belongs here, as impartial judging. It is not the accountability test.
Reasons required
No reasons required
Restraint of civil authority Scripture command
Symmetric tests on Yes and No. WCF 20.4 and WCF 23.1: the power God ordained and the liberty Christ purchased mutually uphold and preserve one another. Fit is prudential and never outweighs a clear command.
Mixed
Under-protects
; ;
Test: Legitimate purpose Scripture command
Stronger
Under-protects
Test: Justice to the individual Scripture command
The proof standard is in the text. A hearing with counsel is not. WLC 144-145.
Mixed
Stronger on liberty
;
Test: Proportion Scripture command
Fits
Narrower
Test: Fit Prudential judgment
Prudential. The power is fitted to the named wrongs. This is not a least-restrictive-means test and it does not outweigh a clear command.
Fitted to the wrong
Narrower
Test: Accountability Scripture command
Reasons required
No reasons required
;
Conditions
Met The open category is frozen to offenses for which, as of November 3, 2026, a convicted defendant could not be released before at least eighty-five percent of the sentence. A later statute cannot widen that constitutional list.
Met Denial still requires that the proof is evident or the presumption great.
Met When bail in a listed case is granted or denied before conviction, the judge or magistrate must place the reasons in the record.
Watch A real detention hearing with counsel is not spelled out in the amendment. That is the condition to watch. ;
Lean and why
Lean: Conditional Yes.Scripture command
Scripture command. The magistrate may hold a person accused of grave evil when the proof is strong, and leaving those crimes bailable as of right under-protects the innocent. Conditional, because the official text does not spell out a detention hearing with counsel. Fit is prudential and does not outweigh that gap. Leviticus 24:12 is a thin custody precedent only.
Scripture: ; ; ;
Overreach check
A biblical end does not justify an unjust means. Yes adds a power to deny bail. The text fits that power to named grave offenses, keeps the capital proof bar, freezes the open list, and requires reasons. It does not add a hearing or counsel.
Caveats
Careless denial remains sin under the impartial-judging rule. Jail crowding is not a grade. The lean is not built on Leviticus 24:12 or Numbers 15:34.
Constitutional Amendment 2 — Ban statewide property tax
Yes. Inserts into Article II, Section 28 a bar on the Legislature levying, authorizing, or otherwise permitting any state tax on real, personal, or mixed property.
No. Leaves the current first sentence, which subjects all such property to taxation and does not contain that state-tax bar. No is current law, not a neutral abstention.
Stated facts
Senate Joint Resolution 1 amends the first sentence of Article II, Section 28 so the Legislature shall not levy, authorize, or otherwise permit any state tax upon real, personal, or mixed property. The official sentence does not abolish local property taxes and states no revenue figure.
Lane table
Lane
Yes
No (current law)
Scripture
Lawful tribute and the government's ability to meet its duties Scripture command
Prudential
Prudential
Constitutional restraint on taxing power Prudential judgment
1 Samuel 8:11-18 is a prudential illustration of oppressive taking, always paired with Romans 13:6-7. Westminster Larger Catechism 141-142 names oppression. It is not a command to ban this tax.
Prudential
Prudential
;
Lanes in conflict: Lawful tribute and the government's ability to meet its duties versus Constitutional restraint on taxing power.
Lean and why
Lean: Split.Prudential judgment
Split, because two lanes conflict and Scripture does not rank them. Lawful tribute and the government's ability to meet its duties stand on one side. A constitutional restraint on taxing power stands on the other. This is not a default exit.
Scripture: ;
Caveats
Prudential judgment. The stated fact is the official sentence only. No revenue guess enters the grade.
Constitutional Amendment 3 — Crime victims' rights
Yes. Replaces Article I, Section 35 with a longer victims' bill: notice, presence, a right to be heard, restitution, and protection, plus a due-process rule for all persons.
No. Keeps the current, thinner Article I, Section 35. No is current law, not a neutral abstention.
Stated facts
The substituted section says a victim, as defined by law and which may be expanded by the General Assembly, has the listed rights. A victim asserts them not as a party. The section must be interpreted to preserve and protect the rights of all persons to due process. It does not vacate a conviction and does not restrict the District Attorney General or the inherent authority of the court.
Lane table
Lane
Yes
No (current law)
Scripture
Restitution / face the wronged Scripture command
Stronger
Thinner
;
Protect the vulnerable Scripture command
Stronger
Thinner
Impartial judging Scripture command
Deuteronomy 1:17 is impartial judging. A victim's voice must not replace proof.
Soft risk
Safer against skew
Private vengeance vs magistrate Scripture command
Fenced
Avoids voice pressure
;
Restraint of civil authority Scripture command
Both options are tested. A good aim for victims does not justify a means that drops proof or proportion.
Mixed
Thinner
;
Test: Legitimate purpose Scripture command
Stronger
Thinner
;
Test: Justice to the individual Scripture command
WLC 144-145. The due-process sentence is in the text. Victim standing is not a proof rule.
Mixed
Safer against skew
;
Test: Proportion Scripture command
Mixed
Thinner
Test: Fit Prudential judgment
Prudential. Notice, restitution, and a right to be heard fit the wrong done to the victim. Not a least-restrictive-means test.
Fitted to the wrong
Thinner
Test: Accountability Scripture command
Fenced
Thinner
;
Conditions
Met The official text says this section must be interpreted to preserve and protect the rights of all persons to due process.
Watch A victim's role never substitutes for proof or a proportionate sentence. The text does not give the victim the verdict or the sentence, and it also does not write a proof rule or a sentence range. ;
Watch A victim is as defined by law and which may be expanded by the General Assembly. That open definition is what to watch.
Lean and why
Lean: Conditional Yes.Scripture command
Scripture command. Justice faces the victim, and restitution is a real duty. Conditional, because a victim's role must never substitute for proof or a proportionate sentence. The due-process clause is in the text. The legislature's power to expand who counts as a victim is what to watch.
Scripture: ; ; ;
Overreach check
The ends are biblical. The means add a voice at plea, sentencing, and parole. The text fences that voice: not a party, no vacatur, the prosecutor and the court keep their power, and due process for all persons is mandatory. Those fences do not themselves enact a proof or proportion rule.
Caveats
Yes is not a blank check for a later statute that lets a victim definition, or a victim statement, replace proof or a just sentence.