This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
June 8, 2005
Original enactment; created Chapter 844D, establishing the Hawaii DNA database program, collection mandates, administration, and penalties.
June 2, 2005
Omnibus public safety finance bill; replaced the enumerated felony list with a universal mandate — DNA collection required whenever a…
May 26, 2005
Companion to HB 240; added the circuit courtroom as a collection location and allowed DNA to be taken at sentencing,…
May 26, 2005
Companion bill to SB 213 (Ch. 448); amended Public Safety Article § 2-504 to authorize DNA sample collection at the…
May 18, 2005
Major rewrite of subsections (B), (D), and (E) of § 2901.07; reorganized and expanded collection procedures. Effective May 18, 2005.
May 10, 2005
Removed the funding contingency; deleted the condition that DNA collection was required only ‘if adequate funds are appropriated,’ making collection…
May 5, 2005
Relates to the collection of, and the use of reasonable force to collect, a DNA sample from persons convicted of…
April 7, 2005
Omnibus code corrections bill; § 24 amended § 24-4-60 to extend DNA collection to inmates in private correctional facilities under…
April 7, 2005
Committee Substitute for HB 165 (a sex offender registration bill); added Subsection A(4) requiring sex offenders to provide a DNA…
March 28, 2005
Omnibus bill creating the standalone Department of Forensic Science (replacing the Division under DCJS); updated references in § 19.2-310.2:1 from…
November 30, 2004
Recodified the program into 44 Pa.C.S. Chapter 23 (including § 2316) as a continuation of the 1995 law; expanded covered…
November 2, 2004
The most sweeping amendment to California’s DNA database chapter; a voter initiative that phased in DNA collection from all adult…