Core Database
TX: Krystal Jean Baker Act (HB 1399, 2019)
September 1, 2019
Major rewrite of § 411.1471; shifted the collection trigger from indictment to arrest and expanded the qualifying list from 11…
Legislation Database
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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LA: An Act Relative to Juvenile Detention and Release — DNA Sample Exception (HB 158, Acts 2019, No. 147, 2019)
August 1, 2019
Primarily a juvenile detention/release bill; enacted R.S. 15:609(A)(3), providing that a peace officer who elects to counsel and release a…
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AK: An Act Relating to Criminal Law and Procedure — Sexual Assault Examination Kit Testing and Sex Offender Registration (HB 49, Ch. 4 FSSLA 2019, 2019)
July 8, 2019
Added AS 44.41.065 requiring a law enforcement agency to send a collected sexual assault examination kit to a laboratory within…
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FL: An Act Establishing DNA Database Matches as Probable Cause for Warrants (HB 1021, Ch. 2019-91, 2019)
July 1, 2019
Amended § 943.325(1)(b) to add a legislative finding that a DNA database match may establish probable cause for a warrant;…
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WY: An Act Defining and Requiring Reporting of Sexual Assault Biological Evidence (SF 72, Ch. 76, 2019)
July 1, 2019
Amended § 7-19-401(a) to add a definition of ‘sexual assault biological evidence’ and added § 7-19-407 (sexual assault biological evidence…
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NJ: An Act Adding DNA Collection for Child Pornography Offenses (S 3078, P.L. 2019, c. 122, 2019)
June 7, 2019
Added arrestee collection for child pornography offenses (endangering welfare of a child — possession/production/distribution). Effective June 7, 2019.
Rapid DNA
IL: House Joint Resolution on the Illinois State Police Crime Lab Backlog and Rapid DNA (HJR 7, 101st General Assembly)
May 28, 2019
House Joint Resolution finding that the Illinois State Police Division of Forensic Services (the ‘State crime lab’) has a serious…
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NH: DNA Database Records Rules (N.H. Admin. R. Saf-C 6700)
May 28, 2019
New Hampshire Department of Safety rules for the state DNA database under RSA 651-C:3, II, in five parts (Saf-C 6701-6705).…
Lawfully Owed DNA
WA: An Act Relating to DNA Collection (SHB 1326, Ch. 443 Laws of 2019, 2019)
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…
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IA: An Act Relating to Postconviction DNA Profiling Procedure (HF 734, 2019 Acts, Ch. 149, 2019)
May 16, 2019
Amends Iowa Code chapter 81 to permit a defendant convicted of a felony or aggravated misdemeanor who has not been…
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GA: An Act Expanding DNA Collection to First-Offender Sentences and Detention Facilities (HB 470, Ga. L. 2019, p. 299, 2019)
April 28, 2019
Amended O.C.G.A. § 35-3-160 to extend DNA collection to persons charged with a felony who are never formally convicted —…
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OH: BCI Laboratory DNA Database Search Policy
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…