This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
June 1, 2025
Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory Division CODIS program SOP, the operational document implementing WAC ch. 446-75 and the FBI NDIS…
March 29, 2024
Section 402(13)(a) provides $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 solely for financial assistance to local jurisdictions…
May 1, 2023
In a crime-victims-and-witnesses act, § 7 amended RCW 43.43.754 both to update cross-references and to add substantive jail DNA-collection accountability:…
May 10, 2021
Large civil-protection-order recodification bill; Secs. 149-150 amend RCW 43.43.754, adding authority to submit biological samples from deceased offenders and municipal-offense…
December 5, 2020
Washington State Patrol rules adopted under RCW 43.43.759 to implement RCW 43.43.752-.758. Establishes procedures for operating the DNA identification system,…
March 18, 2020
In an act advancing criminal-investigatory practices, § 7 amended RCW 43.43.754’s qualifying-offense list — adding indecent exposure (RCW 9A.88.010) to…
May 21, 2019
Substitute House Bill 1326 (“Jennifer and Michella’s Law”), amending RCW 43.43.754: authorized submission of DNA samples from deceased offenders; authorized…
May 10, 2017
Domestic-violence act that amended RCW 43.43.754(1)(a) to add fourth-degree assault where domestic violence was pleaded and proven (RCW 9A.36.041) as…
May 14, 2015
In a broader sex/kidnapping-offender registration reform, created the crime of ‘refusal to provide DNA’ — a gross misdemeanor — for…
March 20, 2008
Amended RCW 43.43.754 to extend DNA collection to every adult or juvenile required to register as a sex or kidnapping…
April 1, 2002
Expanded Washington’s DNA database from sex and violent offenders to every adult or juvenile convicted of any felony, plus stalking…