This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
April 22, 2010
Authorized the collection of DNA from offenders; amended Minn. Stat. § 609.117 by adding a subdivision. (Not listed in the…
May 12, 2008
Sex offender provisions bill; added subd. 3 requiring DNA collection as a mandatory condition when Minnesota accepts an offender from…
June 2, 2005
Omnibus public safety finance bill; replaced the enumerated felony list with a universal mandate — DNA collection required whenever a…
June 30, 2001
Omnibus public safety/domestic abuse bill; amended § 609.117 subd. 2 (‘Before Release’) to extend collection to any person serving imprisonment…
May 25, 1999
Most significant expansion; rewrote § 609.3461 to require DNA collection for all convicted felons and directed the revisor to renumber…
April 6, 1998
Omnibus crime prevention and judiciary finance bill; expanded the DNA mandate to first-degree murder and indecent exposure, and expanded ‘Before…
May 20, 1993
Omnibus crime prevention bill; tightened the DNA collection trigger to require collection when a person is charged with a qualifying…
June 1, 1991
Child protection and sex offender bill (also created Minnesota’s sex offender address registration, § 243.166); extended DNA collection to patterned…
May 28, 1991
Restructured § 609.3461 into subdivisions and added a ‘Before Release’ backstop requiring corrections authorities to collect DNA before a qualifying…
May 26, 1989
Created both pillars of Minnesota’s DNA program: § 609.3461 (later § 609.117), requiring DNA specimens from offenders convicted of criminal…