HB580 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Allen TreadawayRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Polygraph Examiners Board, use of computer voice stress analyzer authorized, city, county, and state employees exempt from licensure, Secs. 34-25-2, 34-25-3, 34-25-20 am'd.

Summary

HB580 would authorize the use of a computer voice stress analyzer for truth verification and exempt city, county, and state employees from polygraph licensure.

What This Bill Does

The bill allows computer voice stress analysis to be used for truth verification. It maintains that licensed polygraph examiners must use instruments that, at minimum, record cardiovascular, respiratory, and galvanic skin responses (with possible additional measurements). It also exempts city, county, and state employees acting in their official capacities from licensure by the Polygraph Examiners Board. The act would take effect on the first day of the third month after passage and governor’s approval.

Who It Affects

• City, county, and state employees acting in their official capacities who administer truth verification or polygraph examinations, who would be exempt from Polygraph Examiners Board licensure.
• Licensed polygraph examiners and the Polygraph Examiners Board, who must adapt to the authorized use of the computer voice stress analyzer and continue licensure requirements for non-exempt individuals.

Key Provisions

• Authorizes the use of a computer voice stress analyzer for truth verification.
• Amends Sections 34-25-2, 34-25-3, and 34-25-20 to implement the CVSA authorization and licensure exemption.
• Exempts city, county, and state employees acting in their official capacities from licensure by the Polygraph Examiners Board.
• Maintains minimum instrumentation requirements for polygraph examinations (recording cardiovascular, respiratory, and galvanic skin responses) and allows additional measurements.
• Preserves the prohibition on administering polygraph examinations or presenting oneself as a polygraph examiner without a board-approved license, except for the exempt governmental employees.

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Subjects

Polygraph Examiners, Board of