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 26, 2009
Section 218 rewrites D.C. Official Code § 22-4151 in its entirety and does two things at once. First, it replaces…
July 1, 2009
Arrestee collection mandate — added arrestees for any felony or attempted felony to the ‘qualifying offender’ definition, requiring DNA at…
July 1, 2009
Eliminated the prior requirement for a court order to collect specimens; required the Department of Corrections and Division of Parole…
June 9, 2009
Revised Louisiana’s DNA sample collection procedures by amending R.S. 15:609(B)(1), (C) and 15:610, specifying that persons convicted of a felony…
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
Enacted Juli’s Law, amending A.C.A. § 12-12-1001 et seq. to require collection of a DNA sample — in addition to…
March 27, 2009
Comprehensive recodification of Kentucky’s DNA statutes. Repealed and reenacted KRS 17.169 (definitions), KRS 17.170 (collection mandate), and KRS 17.175 (centralized…
March 10, 2009
Creates SDCL chapter 23-5B establishing South Dakota’s postconviction DNA testing procedure; requires a court that entered a felony judgment of…
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
Authorized pre-conviction (arrestee) DNA collection in Maryland — a threshold most states had not adopted — by amending Public Safety…
December 10, 2008
The originating DOJ final rule creating 28 C.F.R. Part 28 Subparts B and C. Implements the DNA Fingerprint Act of…
October 23, 2008
Shifted South Carolina from conviction-based to arrest-based DNA collection by amending § 23-3-620 to require a saliva or tissue sample…