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Senate advances bill to exempt law-enforcement use of voice-stress analyzers from licensing amid scientific concerns
Summary
SB46 would exempt full-time law-enforcement use of computer voice stress analyzers (CVSAs) from Department of Professional Licensing requirements. Sponsors said the device is an investigatory tool used by law enforcement; several senators and law-enforcement critics cited studies questioning the CVSA’s ability to discriminate truthful from deceptive responses. The bill passed to third reading 19–5–5.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 1 advanced SB46, which would exempt full-time law-enforcement officers’ use of computerized voice-stress analyzers from licensing requirements under the Deception Detection Examiners Licensing Act.
Senator Hickman, sponsor, said the equipment is an investigatory tool for law enforcement and should be treated like other investigatory devices that are not individually licensed. "It is simply a tool that law enforcement may use in their…
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