This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
January 14, 2019
BCI laboratory quality-system policy governing CODIS searching. Local CODIS searches run at least weekly, comparing new crime-scene profiles to known…
August 6, 2012
Addressed the gap where a DNA sample was not collected at arrest by adding court-ordered collection at arraignment, sentencing, or…
July 6, 2010
Established arrest-based (pre-conviction) DNA collection in Ohio — a threshold only about 30 states have adopted — by amending R.C.…
July 11, 2006
Complete rewrite of § 2901.07, enacted as an emergency measure; declared collection applies retroactively to all covered offenders regardless of…
June 30, 2005
Made a conforming/technical amendment to R.C. 2901.07 within Ohio’s FY2006-2007 biennial budget act. HB 66; effective June 30, 2005. (This…
May 18, 2005
Expanded Ohio DNA collection from an enumerated list of felonies to ALL felonies: amended R.C. 2901.07 so a specimen must…
July 31, 2003
Added child-victim-oriented offenses to Ohio’s DNA collection triggers as part of a broader Megan’s Law sex-offender registration overhaul: amended R.C.…
August 29, 2002
Expanded the offenses triggering mandatory DNA collection from convicted offenders and adjudicated delinquents by amending R.C. 2901.07, 2152.74, and 109.573…
September 1, 1998
Expanded DNA-collection triggers for adults and juveniles (amending R.C. 2901.07 and 2151.315): required a DNA specimen when a conviction or…
March 17, 1998
Amended R.C. 2901.07 as part of an omnibus corrections act, conforming the offender DNA-collection statute to revised felony sentencing law:…
March 31, 1997
Juvenile justice omnibus. Its principal subjects are driver’s license suspension for persons under 19 who convey or possess a deadly…
January 1, 1997
Ohio’s Megan’s Law. Rewrites R.C. Chapter 2950 to create the state’s first comprehensive sexual predator and habitual sex offender classification,…