{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-3307","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 3307","heading":"","body":"(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.\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 9.7. Public Safety Officers [3300. - 3313.]"],"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":"6a83e552906a17336e67bd434d340d6f58f714cbba7c67c84ed12b81c46fbea3","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-3306.5","next":"us-ca/gov-3307.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}