This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
September 1, 1999
Created Chapter 6-A (RS 15:601–15:619), the ‘DNA Detection of Sexual and Violent Offenders Act,’ establishing state police powers, the DNA…
May 25, 1999
Most significant expansion; rewrote § 609.3461 to require DNA collection for all convicted felons and directed the revisor to renumber…
May 14, 1999
Established the modern DNA database targeting violent and sex offenders; significantly expanded the offender categories subject to mandatory collection.
May 13, 1999
Broad criminal-procedure and sentencing reform; added all persons required to register under the Kansas Offender Registration Act as a standalone…
April 23, 1999
Substantial expansion/modernization; added buccal swabs, required thumbprint collection, expanded covered offenses (first-degree burglary and assault), applied retroactively to those incarcerated…
January 12, 1999
Technical amendment updating references to ‘county juvenile agency’ in the DNA profiling act, part of a larger juvenile court reform…
September 11, 1998
Created the sex-offender registration section (6 CMC § 1365); contained no DNA provision.
September 1, 1998
Further amendments to DNA collection provisions. Effective September 1, 1998.
July 24, 1998
Created the Puerto Rico DNA databank (34 L.P.R.A. §§ 4001-4012), administered by the Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, with mandatory collection…
July 3, 1998
Companion 1998 act relating to identification and apprehension of criminals (DNA). (Not in the document’s two sections; identified from the…
June 29, 1998
Created Chapter 12-1.5 from scratch; established the DNA database (§ 12-1.5-4) and databank for persons convicted of specified sexual and…
May 18, 1998
Major expansion; required DNA collection from all persons convicted of any felony committed on or after July 1, 1998.