| Passed by the House April 16, 2007 Yeas 95 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 5, 2007 Yeas 48 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1520 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. RICHARD NAFZIGER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved April 27, 2007, 2:02 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 30, 2007 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/22/2007. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to polygraph examinations of sexual assault victims; and adding a new section to chapter 10.58 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 10.58 RCW
to read as follows:
A law enforcement officer, prosecuting attorney, or other
government official may not ask or require a victim of an alleged sex
offense to submit to a polygraph examination or other truth telling
device as a condition for proceeding with the investigation of the
offense. The refusal of a victim to submit to a polygraph examination
or other truth telling device shall not by itself prevent the
investigation, charging, or prosecution of the offense. For the
purposes of this section, "sex offense" is any offense under chapter
9A.44 RCW.