This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
July 16, 2026
Amends Penal Code sections 14250 and 14251 governing the Department of Justice missing persons DNA data base for unidentified deceased…
September 25, 2024
Amended Health and Safety Code §§ 124977 and 124991 and added Article 2.5 (commencing with § 125010) to Chapter 1…
October 10, 2023
Amended Penal Code §§ 680, 680.3, and 11116.10 and repealed and added § 680.4, requiring a second statewide audit of…
October 23, 2020
California administers the CAL-DNA Data Bank under Penal Code 295-300.2 (Prop. 69) rather than through a Code of Regulations chapter;…
September 18, 2020
Repealed § 295 and re-added it in substantially revised form as part of the elimination of specified criminal fees. Effective…
September 30, 2018
Added and repealed Penal Code § 680.4, requiring every law enforcement agency, medical facility, crime laboratory, and other facility holding…
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
Enacted as a contingent legislative response to People v. Buza (2014), in which the Court of Appeal held that Proposition…
September 19, 2014
Added Penal Code § 295.2 barring the state’s DNA and forensic identification database and databank and the DOJ DNA Laboratory…
June 27, 2012
Amended Penal Code § 296.1 to update the timing and procedures for collecting specimens and print impressions across offender categories…
June 30, 2011
Superseded Chapter 15’s amendments to Penal Code §§ 298.2 and 299.5 with the final 2011 realignment language governing penalties for…