{"id":3231,"date":"2001-11-01T15:30:41","date_gmt":"2001-11-01T20:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=3231"},"modified":"2026-05-13T03:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:13:15","slug":"wisconsin-assembly-passes-antipolygraph-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2001\/11\/01\/wisconsin-assembly-passes-antipolygraph-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Assembly Passes Antipolygraph Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wisconson state assembly approved <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150420023642\/https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2001\/related\/proposals\/ab484#JUMPDEST_AB484\">Assembly Bill 484<\/a>, which &#8220;prohibits law enforcement officers and district attorneys from requiring, requesting, or suggesting that a person who alleges that he or she is the victim of a sexual assault submit to a lie detector test, regardless of whether the victim gives prior written and informed consent to the test. 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