H.B. 52

1

ADMISSIBILITY OF POLYGRAPH EVIDENCE
2 2000 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: David L. Gladwell
5 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; ESTABLISHING BY STATUTE THE
6 LIMITS ON ADMISSIBILITY OF POLYGRAPH TESTS.
7 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
8 ENACTS:
9 77-1-18, Utah Code Annotated 1953
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
11 Section 1. Section 77-1-18 is enacted to read:
12 77-1-18. Admissibility of polygraph evidence.
13 (1) The following may not be admitted into evidence in any criminal proceeding unless
14 all parties to the proceeding stipulate to its admission:
15 (a) the results of a polygraph examination;
16 (b) the opinion of a polygraph examiner; or
17 (c) any reference to an offer to take, the failure to take, or the taking of a polygraph
18 examination.
19 (2) This section does not exclude from evidence statements made during a polygraph
20 examination which are otherwise admissible in a criminal proceeding.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-10-00 4:34 PM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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