This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
December 6, 2021
Overhauled Wisconsin’s sexual assault kit system; repealed § 165.77(7) and replaced it with a new standalone statute, § 165.775, with…
April 8, 2014
Dedicated DNA/law-enforcement standards bill; refined the arrest-based DNA collection provisions added by Act 20, defined ‘violent crime’ for DNA purposes,…
June 30, 2013
2013–15 executive budget act; expanded the DNA program by adding collection at arrest for felony violent crimes (§ 165.84(7)) and…
December 16, 2005
Required retention and testing of biological evidence, extended statutes of limitations for sexual assault, reformed eyewitness identification, and mandated recording…
June 24, 1996
Sex offender registration law; required persons found sexually violent under ch. 980 to provide biological specimens; expanded offender categories under…
December 10, 1993
Created Wisconsin’s DNA data bank program; established State Crime Laboratories’ authority to collect, analyze, and maintain DNA profiles from convicted…
August 10, 1993
Early 1993 amendment to § 165.77; likely a technical or conforming amendment predating Act 98’s comprehensive DNA overhaul.