This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
October 23, 2008
Shifted South Carolina from conviction-based to arrest-based DNA collection by amending § 23-3-620 to require a saliva or tissue sample…
May 12, 2004
Major expansion; required DNA from all persons convicted or adjudicated delinquent for any felony or any offense punishable by 5+…
August 31, 2001
Amended § 23-3-620 to add burglary in the second degree (§ 16-11-312(A)) to the enumerated offenses for which a person…
August 18, 2000
Amended § 23-3-620 to expand the list of offenders required to submit samples; required SLED to begin collecting no later…
June 25, 1999
SLED regulation establishing the State DNA Database, defining ‘sample’, ‘subject’, ‘jurisdictional agency’ and ‘DNA testing/typing’. Jurisdictional agencies obtain collection kits…
June 29, 1994
Created the State DNA Database in SLED (§§ 23-3-600 to 23-3-700), embedded in Part II of the General Appropriations Bill.…