Texas Proposition 12, Denial of Bail for Certain Crimes Amendment (1993)

Texas Proposition 12
Election date November 2, 1993
Topic Law enforcement and State judiciary
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 12 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 2, 1993. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing bail denial for those charged with specific violent or sexual offenses committed while under the supervision of the state or its political subdivision.

A "no" vote opposed allowing bail denial for those charged with specific violent or sexual offenses committed while under the supervision of the state or its political subdivision.

Election results

Texas Proposition 12
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		997,890	89.06%
No		122,547	10.94%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 12 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the denial of bail to certain persons charged with certain violent or sexual offenses.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Texas Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Texas State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Texas State Legislature as House Joint Resolution 23 during the 73rd regular legislative session in 1993.

See also

1993 Measures

• 1993 Measures
• Law enforcement on the ballot
• State judiciary on the ballot
• 1993 legislative sessions

Texas

• Texas ballot measures
• Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments