{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"3307","citation":"Gov. Code, § 3307","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 9.7. Public Safety Officers [3300. - 3313.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-4/chapter-9.7"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 112, Sec. 1.   Effective January 1, 1999.","effective":"1999-01-01","html":"<p>(a) No public safety officer shall be compelled to submit to a lie detector test against his or her will. No disciplinary action or other recrimination shall be taken against a public safety officer refusing to submit to a lie detector test, nor shall any comment be entered anywhere in the investigator’s notes or anywhere else that the public safety officer refused to take, or did not take, a lie detector test, nor shall any testimony or evidence be admissible at a subsequent hearing, trial, or proceeding, judicial or administrative, to the effect that the public safety officer refused to take, or was subjected to, a lie detector test.</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) No public safety officer shall be compelled to submit to a lie detector test against his or her will. No disciplinary action or other recrimination shall be taken against a public safety officer refusing to submit to a lie detector test, nor shall any comment be entered anywhere in the investigator’s notes or anywhere else that the public safety officer refused to take, or did not take, a lie detector test, nor shall any testimony or evidence be admissible at a subsequent hearing, trial, or proceeding, judicial or administrative, to the effect that the public safety officer refused to take, or was subjected to, a lie detector test. (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/public-safety-officers-3307","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}