l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 1603

Polygraph law; revise to authorize use of computer voice stress analyzer examination as option to standard polygraph.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-29-1, 73-29-3, 73-29-5, 73-29-7, 73-29-11, 73-29-13, 73-29-19, 73-29-21, 73-29-23, 73-29-25, 73-29-27, 73-29-29, 73-29-31, 73-29-33, 73-29-35, 73-29-37, 73-29-45 AND 73-29-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE PROVISIONS OF "THE POLYGRAPH EXAMINERS LAW", TO RENAME THE LAW AS "THE POLYGRAPH AND COMPUTER VOICE STRESS ANALYZER EXAMINERS LAW"; TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS OR COMPUTER VOICE STRESS ANALYZER (CVSA) TO VERIFY TRUTH IN STATEMENTS OR DETECTING DECEPTIONS MADE BY INDIVIDUALS SUBJECT TO SUCH EXAMINATIONS; TO CONFORM RELATED PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE EXAMINER'S BOARD, QUALIFICATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS TO BE LICENSED AS POLYGRAPH OR CVSA EXAMINERS, LICENSURE RECIPROCITY, SCHEDULING OF FEES, TERMS OF LICENSE AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST EXAMINERS LEADING TO THE DENIAL SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF SAID LICENSE, AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES OF EXAMINERS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 73-29-9, 73-29-15, 73-29-17, 73-29-39, 73-29-41, 73-29-43, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 20 to February 4, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Judiciary BJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 20 – Feb 4

  1. Referred to the House committees on Judiciary B and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published