093_HB3374
LRB093 09627 RLC 09865 b
1 AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5 amended by changing Section 115-19 as follows:
6 (725 ILCS 5/115-19)
7 Sec. 115-19. Polygraph.
8 (a) In the course of a criminal trial the court shall
9 not require, request, or suggest that the defendant submit to
10 a polygraphic detection deception test, commonly known as a
11 lie detector test, to questioning under the effect of
12 thiopental sodium, or to any other test or questioning by
13 means of a mechanical device or chemical substance.
14 (b) The results of a polygraph examination are
15 inadmissable as evidence in a capital case both during the
16 trial of the case and during the separate sentencing hearing.
17 (Source: P.A. 89-234, eff. 1-1-96.)