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Committee backs bill to bar requiring polygraphs of sexual-assault victims
Summary
The committee favorably recommended HB 89, which would prohibit law enforcement, prosecutors or courts from asking or requiring sexual-assault victims to take polygraph exams; supporters cited trauma-driven physiological responses and lack of admissibility, while defense groups and some members questioned whether asking should be banned outright.
Salt Lake City — The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to favorably recommend House Bill 89, a measure that would bar law enforcement, prosecutors and courts from asking or requiring sexual-assault victims to take polygraph examinations.
Representative Romero, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure prevents investigators or prosecutors from conditioning an investigation on whether a victim submits to a polygraph. "So basically what this bill does is ... law enforcement, prosecutors, courts or government officials may not ask or require a victim of sexual assault to…
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