{"id":4505,"date":"2021-09-01T04:08:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T09:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=4505"},"modified":"2021-09-01T04:08:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T09:08:53","slug":"texas-deregulates-polygraph-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2021\/09\/01\/texas-deregulates-polygraph-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Deregulates Polygraph Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p>Effective today, Wednesday, 1 September 2021, polygraph operators need no longer be licensed in the state of Texas. A notice on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdlr.texas.gov\/polygraph\/polygraph.htm\">Texas Department of Licensing &amp; Regulation website<\/a> advises:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Effective September 1, 2021, Polygraph Examiners are no longer required to be licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR).<\/p><p>Texas House Bill 1560, passed during the 87<sup>th<\/sup> Regular Legislative Session (2021), ended licensure for Polygraph Examiners. TDLR will stop accepting new and renewal license applications effective immediately.<\/p><p>A currently valid license will not expire until September 1, 2021.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Other states with no polygraph licensing requirement include California and New York.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective today, Wednesday, 1 September 2021, polygraph operators need no longer be licensed in the state of Texas. A notice on the Texas Department of Licensing &amp; Regulation website advises: Effective September 1, 2021, Polygraph Examiners are no longer required to be licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). Texas House Bill &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[512,320],"class_list":{"0":"post-4505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-polygraph","7":"tag-licensing","8":"tag-texas","9":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4506,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4505\/revisions\/4506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}