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…
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 DNA collection to all Category A and B felony convictions, and Category C felonies involving force or violence.
June 5, 2001
Changed ‘blood samples’ to the broader ‘biological specimen’ throughout NRS 176.0913; required genetic marker analysis from certain offenders convicted of…
January 1, 1970
Omnibus technical-corrections bill ratifying various corrections to prior Nevada session laws; Sec. 52 amends NRS 176.0913 (biological specimen/genetic marker collection…
January 1, 1970
Expanded the crimes for which a convicted person must submit a biological specimen for genetic marker analysis to all felonies;…