{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-3257","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 3257","heading":"","body":"(a) A firefighter shall not be compelled to submit to a lie detector test against his or her will.\n(1) Disciplinary action or other recrimination shall not be taken against a firefighter refusing to submit to a lie detector test.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","DIVISION 4. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES [1000. - 3599.84.]","CHAPTER 9.6. Firefighters [3250. - 3262.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"0d9d0a4a1ff51f9c8902f826af9fbf687c70acfa084ad720e9e75f5dc3841668","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-3256.5","next":"us-ca/gov-3258"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}