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Utah House Bill HB0017

Utah 2025 Regular Session

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2-Angela Romero proposes the following substitute bill:
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43 Limitations on the Use of Polygraphs
54 2025 GENERAL SESSION
65 STATE OF UTAH
76 Chief Sponsor: Angela Romero
8-Senate Sponsor: Luz Escamilla
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1210 LONG TITLE
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14+The Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee recommended this bill.
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1417 General Description:
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1619 This bill limits the use of a polygraph on a victim of a sexual offense.
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1821 Highlighted Provisions:
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2023 This bill:
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2225 ▸ defines terms;
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2427 ▸ limits the use of a polygraph on a victim of a sexual offense; and
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2629 ▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
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2831 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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3235 Other Special Clauses:
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3639 Utah Code Sections Affected:
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3841 AMENDS:
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4043 77-37-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 164
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4245 ENACTS:
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4447 77-37-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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4649 77-37-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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50-Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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52-Section 1. Section 77-37-2 is amended to read:
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53+Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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55+Section 1. Section 77-37-2 is amended to read:
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5557 Part 1. General Provisions
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5759 77-37-2 . Definitions.
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5961 As used in this chapter:
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6163 (1) "Alleged sexual offender" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-10-801.
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63-(2) "Child" means [a person] an individual who is younger than 18 years old, unless
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65+(2) "Child" means [a person] an individual who is younger than 18 years old, unless H.B. 17 12-13 16:49
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6667 otherwise specified in statute. The rights to information as extended in this chapter also
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6869 apply to the parents, custodian, or legal guardians of children.
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7071 (3) "Family member" means spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, or legal guardian.
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7273 (4) "HIV infection" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-10-801.
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7475 (5) "Law enforcement officer" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-13-103.
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7677 [(5)] (6) "Sexual assault kit" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-10-902.
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7879 [(6)] (7) "Sexual offense" means any conduct described in:
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8081 (a) Title 76, Chapter 5, Part 4, Sexual Offenses;
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8283 (b) Title 76, Chapter 5b, Sexual Exploitation Act;
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8485 (c) Section 76-7-102, incest;
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8687 (d) Section 76-9-702, lewdness; or
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8889 (e) Section 76-9-702.1, sexual battery.
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9091 [(7)] (8) "Victim" means an individual, including a minor, against whom an offense has
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9293 been allegedly committed.
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9495 [(8)] (9) "Witness" means [any person] an individual who has been subpoenaed or is
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9697 expected to be summoned to testify for the prosecution or who by reason of having
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9899 relevant information is subject to call or likely to be called as a witness for the
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100101 prosecution, whether any action or proceeding has commenced.
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102103 Section 2. Section 77-37-201 is enacted to read:
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105105 Part 2. Additional Protections for Victims
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107107 77-37-201 . Definitions for part.
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109109 As used in this part:
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111111 (1) "Polygraph examination" means a procedure involving the use of an instrument or
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113113 mechanical device that is:
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115115 (a) designed to detect and record changes in the physiological characteristics of an
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117117 individual, including the individual's pulse or breathing rate; and
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119119 (b) used to determine whether an individual is being truthful.
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121121 (2) "Polygraph examination" includes a lie detector test.
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123123 Section 3. Section 77-37-202 is enacted to read:
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125125 77-37-202 . Prohibition on the use of a polygraph examination on a victim of a
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127127 sexual offense.
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129129 (1) A law enforcement officer, a prosecuting attorney, a court, or other government official
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133-(a) ask or require a victim of a sexual offense to submit to a polygraph examination
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134+(a) request or compel a victim of a sexual offense to submit to a polygraph examination
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136136 during the course of a criminal investigation or prosecution of a sexual offense; or
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138138 (b) use a polygraph examination as a condition of proceeding with a criminal
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142142 (2) The refusal of a victim of a sexual offense to submit to a polygraph examination may
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144144 not prevent the investigation, charging, or prosecution of a sexual offense.
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146146 Section 4. Effective date.
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148148 This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025.
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