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AL HB678
Bill
Status
5/19/2015
Primary Sponsor
Connie Rowe
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AI Summary
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Prohibits law enforcement officers, prosecuting attorneys, and other government officials from requiring adult, youth, or child victims of alleged sexual offenses to submit to polygraph examinations or other truth-telling devices as a condition of investigation.
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Specifies that a victim's refusal to submit to a polygraph examination shall not prevent investigation, charging, prosecution, trial, or sentencing of an alleged sexual offense.
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Applies to sexual offenses defined in Sections 13A-6-61 to 13A-6-69 of the Alabama Code.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Crime victims, sex offenses, law enforcement and prosecution prohibited from requiring polygraph as a condition to prosecution
Crime Victims
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
5/19/2015