{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"3257","citation":"Gov. Code, § 3257","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1"},{"name":"DIVISION 4. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES [1000. - 3599.84.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 9.6. Firefighters [3250. - 3262.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-4/chapter-9.6"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 591, Sec. 2.   Effective January 1, 2008.","effective":"2008-01-01","html":"<p>(a) A firefighter shall not be compelled to submit to a lie detector test against his or her will.</p><p>(1) Disciplinary action or other recrimination shall not be taken against a firefighter refusing to submit to a lie detector test.</p><p>(2) No comment shall be entered anywhere in the investigator’s notes or anywhere else that the firefighter refused to take, or did not take, a lie detector test.</p><p>(3) Testimony or evidence to the effect that the firefighter refused to take, or was subjected to, a lie detector test shall not be admissible at a subsequent hearing, trial, or proceeding, judicial or administrative.</p><p>(b) For the purpose of this section, “lie detector” means a polygraph, deceptograph, voice stress analyzer, psychological stress evaluator, or any other similar device, whether mechanical or electrical, that is used, or the results of which are used, for the purpose of rendering a diagnostic opinion regarding the honesty or dishonesty of an individual.</p>","text":"(a) A firefighter shall not be compelled to submit to a lie detector test against his or her will. (1) Disciplinary action or other recrimination shall not be taken against a firefighter refusing to submit to a lie detector test. (2) No comment shall be entered anywhere in the investigator’s notes or anywhere else that the firefighter refused to take, or did not take, a lie detector test. (3) Testimony or evidence to the effect that the firefighter refused to take, or was subjected to, a lie detector test shall not be admissible at a subsequent hearing, trial, or proceeding, judicial or administrative. (b) For the purpose of this section, “lie detector” means a polygraph, deceptograph, voice stress analyzer, psychological stress evaluator, or any other similar device, whether mechanical or electrical, that is used, or the results of which are used, for the purpose of rendering a diagnostic opinion regarding the honesty or dishonesty of an individual.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/firefighters-3257","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}