This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
September 18, 2020
Repealed § 295 and re-added it in substantially revised form as part of the elimination of specified criminal fees. Effective…
January 22, 2018
Would have amended Penal Code § 296 (enacted via Proposition 69) to expand mandatory DNA collection (buccal swabs, thumbprints, palm…
March 28, 2016
Would have added Penal Code § 295.3, establishing the CODIS Hit Outcome Project (CHOP) database administered by the Department of…
October 4, 2015
Most significant post-Prop. 69 legislative amendment; amended operative § 298 (collection procedures). Signed October 4, 2015.
September 19, 2014
Added Penal Code § 295.2 relating to the DNA and forensic identification database and databank. Approved by the Governor September…
June 27, 2012
Amended § 296.1 (collection from specified out-of-state offenders and related provisions). Effective June 27, 2012.
June 30, 2011
Superseded Ch. 15’s amendments to §§ 298.2 and 299.5 with the final realignment language. Effective June 30, 2011; operative October…
April 4, 2011
Made an initial amendment to §§ 298.2 and 299.5 as part of the 2011 criminal justice realignment. Chaptered April 4,…
January 1, 2010
Amended § 298.1 (procedures and penalties for refusal to provide specimens). Effective January 1, 2010.
October 13, 2007
Amended § 296.2 as part of a comprehensive sex offender law reorganization renumbering and restructuring Pen. Code § 290 and…
August 28, 2006
Amended §§ 296.1, 297, and 298.1; changed laboratory accreditation requirements and authorized DOJ collection procedures. Signed August 28, 2006.
November 2, 2004
The most sweeping amendment to California’s DNA database chapter; a voter initiative that phased in DNA collection from all adult…