HB 2159 Summary

• Prohibits employers from administering polygraph examinations to law enforcement officers in administrative investigations, except when an officer's statement differs from known information and reconciling that difference is necessary to complete the investigation.

• Requires audio recording of any polygraph examination administered during an investigation and mandates a copy be provided to the officer; applies section 38-1108 protections to such examinations.

• Expands fitness-for-duty examinations to include psychological and behavioral evaluations in addition to physical examinations, and allows these to be conducted by licensed physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, or other licensed professionals.

• Requires employers to issue notice of findings to individual law enforcement officers when evidence exonerates them or fails to sustain wrongdoing in multi-officer investigations.

• Increases attorney fee caps in law enforcement disciplinary appeal cases from $10,000 to $15,000 for local government and state employees.