This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
June 1, 2025
Added Section 31-13-36 to the Code of Alabama 1975 requiring any law enforcement agency holding an unlawfully present immigrant in…
October 1, 2024
Enacted § 8-43-1 et seq., requiring direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies to protect the confidentiality of customers’ genetic information and to…
June 4, 2015
Makes technical revisions to the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act, updating internal citations and amending numerous sections…
June 2, 2011
Repealed Sections 13A-11-200, 13A-11-201, and 13A-11-202 and Sections 15-20-1 through 15-20-38, Code of Alabama 1975, and replaced them with the…
May 15, 2009
Allows an individual convicted of a capital offense to file a motion for post-conviction forensic DNA testing (with restrictions); amends…
November 4, 1998
Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences rules implementing Ala. Code 36-18-20 et seq. Four rules cover blood collection by a trained…
May 6, 1994
Authorizes the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to establish a DNA database system based on genetic markers;…