This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
January 1, 2019
Amends SDCL 23-5C-2 and related sections governing sexual assault kits; requires a health care facility that examines or treats a…
November 30, 2018
State Police regulations implementing M.G.L. c. 278A, s. 16(b) on long-term retention and preservation of evidence or biological material by…
October 24, 2018
Amended Pennsylvania’s DNA statute (44 Pa.C.S. §§ 2302-2321) to make DNA submission mandatory regardless of court advisement (§ 2316(d.1)) and…
September 30, 2018
Added and repealed Penal Code § 680.4, requiring every law enforcement agency, medical facility, crime laboratory, and other facility holding…
August 13, 2018
Requires a person who commits certain offenses under the state code of military justice to register as a sex offender…
August 1, 2018
Enacted R.S. 15:603(10)(r), (s), and (t), adding violations of R.S. 14:43.1.1, 14:95.8, and 14:95 to the list of ‘other specified…
June 22, 2018
‘People-first language’ omnibus bill; § 4(n) amended § 15A-266.3A’s offense list, adding offenses (lengthening subsection (f) versus the 2010 version).
June 5, 2018
Amended W. Va. Code §§ 15-2B-2, 15-2B-5, 15-2B-6, and 15-2B-11 and added § 15-9B-4 as new code. 2018 Regular Session;…
April 13, 2018
Completely rewrote § 3, establishing the current two-subsection structure (submission forthwith upon conviction or within 10 days of intake; no…
March 12, 2018
Post-Conviction Determination of Factual Innocence Act; incorporates §§ 7-19-401 to 7-19-406 by requiring petitioners with biological evidence to seek DNA…
January 22, 2018
Would have amended Penal Code § 296 (enacted via Proposition 69) to expand mandatory DNA collection (buccal swabs, thumbprints, palm…
January 1, 2018
Louisiana State Police rules implementing the DNA Detection of Sexual and Violent Offenders Act (La. R.S. 15:601 et seq.), promulgated…