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
Overhauled restitution provisions for DNA exonerees; extended the DNA fund surcharge expiration to 2013; added definitions of ‘central repository’ and…
July 27, 2006
Amended § 3(a)(1)(A) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135a(a)(1)(A)) by striking ‘arrested’ and inserting…
July 26, 2006
Restructured the crime of incest into first, second, and third degrees across the Penal Law, CPL, Correction Law, and other…
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
Omnibus criminal law and procedure act amending IC 5-2-6-1, IC 10-13-3-5, and the Indiana DNA data base chapter at IC…
July 1, 2006
Omnibus criminal law and procedure act amending IC 5-2-6-1, IC 10-13-3-5, and the Indiana DNA data base chapter at IC…
July 1, 2006
Amended § 45-33-37 to make the Mississippi Crime Laboratory responsible for administering the state DNA identification record system, with rulemaking…
June 23, 2006
Amended Exec. Law § 995 to provide for DNA testing in felony cases and in certain misdemeanors — the first…
June 7, 2006
Amended Correction Law § 168-a and Exec. Law § 995, making compelling prostitution a sex offense and thereby triggering both…
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First major consolidation and expansion; repealed § 16-11-102.3 and scattered provisions and replaced them with § 16-11-102.4, mandating DNA collection…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…