This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
April 3, 1995
Created NDCC Chapter 31-13 and the DNA collection mandate; originally required collection only from persons convicted of specified sexual offenses…
March 23, 1995
Created Article 2B (§§ 15-2B-1 to 15-2B-13), establishing West Virginia’s DNA database program and the original collection mandate at §…
March 17, 1995
Changed forwarding of biological specimens directly to TBI instead of through the court or jail administrator.
October 31, 1994
Created the New Jersey DNA database; required DNA samples from adults convicted of sex offenses.
September 13, 1994
Enacted as Title XXI of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act; created the national DNA index (CODIS/NDIS) at…
September 1, 1994
Amended the OSBI DNA laboratory statute. Laws 1994, c. 35, § 2. Effective September 1, 1994.
June 29, 1994
Created the State DNA Database in SLED (§§ 23-3-600 to 23-3-700), embedded in Part II of the General Appropriations Bill.…
June 17, 1994
Created the DNA Identification Profiling System Act from scratch, establishing the database and initial collection requirements; part of a three-bill…
June 16, 1994
Created Delaware’s forensic DNA program by adding § 4713 to Title 29; made DNA comparisons admissible, required blood samples from…
May 6, 1994
Authorizes the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to establish a DNA database system based on genetic markers;…
December 10, 1993
Created Wisconsin’s DNA data bank program; established State Crime Laboratories’ authority to collect, analyze, and maintain DNA profiles from convicted…
August 10, 1993
Early 1993 amendment to § 165.77; likely a technical or conforming amendment predating Act 98’s comprehensive DNA overhaul.