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This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.

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USVI: An Act Requiring the Government to Bear the Cost of Forensic Medical Exams for Sexual Assault Victims (Bill No. 35-0301, Act No. 8865, 2024)

July 22, 2024

Strikes 34 V.I.C. ch. 8, § 206(a) and replaces it with a new subsection (a) providing that the Government of…

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USVI: Omnibus Act Amending 5 V.I.C. § 4203 to Require Buccal Swab Collection of DNA Samples (Bill No. 31-0375, Act No. 7891, 2016)

July 20, 2016

Omnibus measure whose Section 7 amends 5 V.I.C. ch. 345, § 4203 — the collection provision of the Virgin Islands…

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USVI: An Act Establishing a Forensic Crime Laboratory and Appropriating $500,000 (Bill No. 31-0145, Act No. 7810, 2015)

December 15, 2015

Directs the Department of Justice to establish, staff and equip a forensic crime laboratory in the Virgin Islands, and requires…

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USVI: Omnibus Act Amending Title 14 Sex Offender Registration Reporting Duties (Bill No. 29-0444, Act No. 7458, 2012)

December 14, 2012

Omnibus measure. Section 5 amends 14 V.I.C. § 1724(b) to replace the requirement that a registered sex offender “appear in…

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USVI: An Act Amending Chapter 86 of Title 14 to Conform Sex Offender Registration to SORNA — CODIS DNA Sample Requirement (Bill No. 29-0239, Act No. 7372, 2012)

July 18, 2012

Rewrites the Virgin Islands sex offender registration scheme at 14 V.I.C. ch. 86 to conform to the federal Sex Offender…

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USVI: Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank Act (Bill 28-0149, Act No. 7193, 2010)

September 20, 2010

Created the Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank Act by adding chapter 345 to Title 5 V.I.C.; introduced Sept. 2009,…

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