This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
May 29, 2013
Created NRS 176.09121 (State DNA Database) and NRS 176.09123 (collection mandate triggered at arrest for any felony, not just conviction).…
July 1, 2009
Eliminated the prior requirement for a court order to collect specimens; required the Department of Corrections and Division of Parole…
May 31, 2007
Expanded the crimes for which a convicted person must submit a biological specimen for genetic marker analysis to all felonies;…
June 10, 2005
Amended NRS 176.0913 to add abuse or neglect of an older person or a vulnerable person (NRS 200.5099) to the…
June 10, 2003
Expanded Nevada’s DNA (genetic-marker) collection by amending NRS 176.0913 to require a biological specimen at sentencing from defendants convicted of…
March 5, 2003
Omnibus technical-corrections bill ratifying various corrections to prior Nevada session laws; Sec. 52 amends NRS 176.0913 (biological specimen/genetic marker collection…
June 5, 2001
Changed ‘blood samples’ to the broader ‘biological specimen’ throughout NRS 176.0913; required genetic marker analysis from certain offenders convicted of…
July 16, 1997
Established a statewide registry of sex offenders and offenders convicted of certain crimes against children, a public access program, and…
June 16, 1995
Increased the penalty for certain sex crimes, provided for lifetime supervision of certain sex offenders, and expanded the definition of…
May 18, 1989
Nevada’s original genetic-marker collection law. Added a new section to NRS Chapter 176 (later NRS 176.0913) directing the court, upon…