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
Added subdivision 4 to Minn. Stat. § 609.117, creating a court process to obtain DNA from offenders who were required…
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
As part of the 1999 omnibus crime-prevention and judiciary finance act, amended Minn. Stat. § 609.3461, subds. 1-2, to expand…
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…