This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
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 18, 2006
Wyoming Attorney General, Division of Criminal Investigation rules establishing the DNA Identification Record System under W.S. 7-19-401 through 7-19-406. Nine…
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 23, 2006
Amended and reenacted § 19.2-310.2:1 of the Code of Virginia to add § 18.2-31 (capital murder) to the list of…
March 21, 2006
Added a new section to SDCL ch. 23-5A requiring every person required to register as a sex offender (§§ 22-24B-1…
March 17, 2006
Expanded Utah’s DNA collection trigger from felonies (plus a few enumerated class A misdemeanors) to all class A misdemeanor convictions,…
February 22, 2006
Department of Forensic Science regulations for arrestee sample collection. Require use of an internet-accessible DNA data bank sample tracking system…
January 5, 2006
Authorized federal arrestee DNA collection, extended collection authority to the Attorney General and probation officers, and set per-charge certified-court-order expungement.
January 1, 2006
Expanded offender DNA collection to all felonies: amended 22 O.S. § 991a to require every person convicted of a felony…
December 16, 2005
Required retention and testing of biological evidence, extended statutes of limitations for sexual assault, reformed eyewitness identification, and mandated recording…
December 5, 2005
Amended 9 GCA §§ 89.03 and 89.08, carrying forward the DNA-sample requirement.