This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
May 15, 2009
Allows an individual convicted of a capital offense to file a motion for post-conviction forensic DNA testing (with restrictions); amends…
April 7, 2009
Added DNA collection to the Arkansas statute for the first time.
March 4, 2009
Omnibus criminal justice bill amending §§ 1931–1933 (definitions and collection procedures); a separate provision (§ 24) took effect July 1,…
January 1, 2009
The major expansion upheld in Maryland v. King (2013); authorized DNA collection from people arrested (not yet convicted) for crimes…
October 23, 2008
Most sweeping expansion; shifted collection from conviction to custodial arrest for felonies and certain offenses; added missing-persons and unidentified-remains provisions;…
October 8, 2008
Reauthorized the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program.
June 19, 2008
Adds §8-238 requiring juveniles arrested for enumerated offenses to submit a buccal/DNA sample; amends §§13-610 and 13-3967 relating to deoxyribonucleic…
May 12, 2008
Sex offender provisions bill; added subd. 3 requiring DNA collection as a mandatory condition when Minnesota accepts an offender from…
March 20, 2008
Broad DNA identification expansion; significant changes to collection requirements and database administration under RCW 43.43.754.
March 12, 2008
Added § 23-5A-5.2; amended §§ 23-5A-4 and 23-5A-28. Signed March 12, 2008.
October 25, 2007
Amended 9 GCA §§ 89.03 and 89.08 (registry mechanics), reenacting the DNA provisions.
October 13, 2007
Amended § 296.2 as part of a comprehensive sex offender law reorganization renumbering and restructuring Pen. Code § 290 and…