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 8, 2026
Requires that when unidentified human remains are held more than 45 days, the State Medical Examiner’s office use forensic genetic…
July 1, 2015
Renamed the State Crime Laboratory the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory across roughly 20 code sections, updating the laboratory’s designation in DNA-related…
July 1, 2006
Amended § 45-33-37 to make the Mississippi Crime Laboratory responsible for administering the state DNA identification record system, with rulemaking…
July 1, 2001
Overhauled Mississippi’s sex offender registration law and, for DNA purposes, defined ‘registration duties’ to include obtaining each registrant’s biological sample…
July 1, 2000
Established Mississippi’s DNA identification system within the Sex Offenders Registration Law by creating § 45-33-37, directing the Mississippi Crime Laboratory…