Legislation Database

This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.

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AK: An Act Relating to Criminal Law and Procedure — Sexual Assault Examination Kit Testing and Sex Offender Registration (HB 49, Ch. 4 FSSLA 2019, 2019)

July 8, 2019

Added AS 44.41.065 requiring a law enforcement agency to send a collected sexual assault examination kit to a laboratory within…

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AK: An Act Relating to Military Justice, Sex Offender Registration, and Court-Martial Proceedings (HB 307, Ch. 85 SLA 2018, 2018)

August 13, 2018

Requires a person who commits certain offenses under the state code of military justice to register as a sex offender…

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AK: An Act Relating to Post-Conviction DNA Testing and Preservation of Evidence (SB 110, Ch. 20 SLA 2010, 2010)

May 14, 2010

Relates to post-conviction DNA testing, the preservation of certain evidence, and the DNA identification registration system; amends post-conviction relief procedures…

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AK: An Act Relating to Crimes, Sex Offender Registration, Bail, and DNA Registration (HB 90, Ch. 24 SLA 2007, 2007)

June 25, 2007

Amended AS 44.41.035(b) to add persons arrested for a crime against a person or a felony under AS 11 or…

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AK: An Act Relating to DNA Sample Collection and Use of Reasonable Force (HB 124, Ch. 12 SLA 2005, 2005)

May 5, 2005

Relates to the collection of, and the use of reasonable force to collect, a DNA sample from persons convicted of…

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AK: An Act Relating to the DNA Identification Registration System and Testing (HB 49, Ch. 88 SLA 2003, 2003)

July 1, 2003

Major expansion of AS § 44.41.035. Extended DNA collection from violent felonies to all felonies under AS 11 and AS…

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AK: DNA Testing of Violent Offenders (HB 27, Ch. 10 SLA 1995, 1995)

April 26, 1995

Directs the Department of Public Safety to establish and maintain a DNA identification registration system and requires DNA registration by…

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