In Texas, 75% of proposed constitutional amendments have been passed by voters since 1876, while five previous amendments related to bail denial each passed with at least 79% of the vote.

A sweeping revision of the process for releasing accused criminals on bail won initial approval from the Texas House on Friday night, nearly three months after the GOP-priority legislation stalled in ...

Texas voters will decide if Prop 3 lets judges deny bail for certain violent felonies; see how it works and who is affected.

The debate over Proposition 3 echoes the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1987 decision in United States v. Salerno, which upheld a ...

The issue of bail bonds reform has become red meat for Gov. Greg Abbott, who’s been on social media using issues in the system to criticize judges in Harris County, Texas’ most populous county. The ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate voted Wednesday to advance a constitutional amendment that, if voters approve in November, would require judges to deny bond for people accused of certain felonies if ...

Texas voters will consider a proposed constitutional amendment that would broaden the circumstances in which judges can deny bail to criminal ...

With about a month left in the Texas legislative session, Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing another one of his "emergency items": a constitutional amendment on bail reform. The governor is urging Texas ...