This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
August 28, 2006
Amended §§ 296.1, 297, and 298.1; changed laboratory accreditation requirements and authorized DOJ collection procedures. Signed August 28, 2006.
August 28, 2006
Overhauled restitution provisions for DNA exonerees; extended the DNA fund surcharge expiration to 2013; added definitions of ‘central repository’ and…
July 27, 2006
Refined the federal collection statute (42 U.S.C. 14135a) to persons ‘arrested, facing charges, or convicted.’
July 11, 2006
Complete rewrite of § 2901.07, enacted as an emergency measure; declared collection applies retroactively to all covered offenders regardless of…
July 1, 2006
Added CODIS participation and a good-faith clause.
June 6, 2006
First major consolidation and expansion; repealed § 16-11-102.3 and scattered provisions and replaced them with § 16-11-102.4, mandating DNA collection…
May 26, 2006
First amendment; amended §§ 844D-31 (offenders subject to collection), 844D-111 (refusal to provide specimen), and 844D-121 (post-conviction DNA testing). Effective…
May 9, 2006
Created the DNA Database Fund (K.S.A. 75-724); expanded expungement provisions allowing petition for destruction of samples upon dismissal, acquittal, or…
May 8, 2006
Expanded the centralized database to include convicted felon, forensic unknown, criminal suspect, and missing person profiles; codified the ‘no-error’ provision.
April 13, 2006
Renamed and expanded the Act’s scope to cover missing persons, relatives of missing persons, and unidentified human remains; amended §§…
April 13, 2006
Omnibus civil/criminal regulation bill that amended the DNA Identification Information Act (§ 29-4104), among many other statutes. Signed April 13,…
March 21, 2006
Added § 23-5A-5.1 (expanded collection categories).