This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
July 1, 2023
Appropriation/budget act (State Crime Laboratory) providing funding related to Rapid DNA.
July 1, 2023
Immigration enforcement law; § 18 amended § 943.325(2)(g) to add persons in law-enforcement custody subject to a federal immigration detainer…
July 1, 2023
Creates s. 943.324, F.S., establishing the Rapid DNA Grant Program within FDLE to award grants to county jails and sheriffs’…
June 26, 2023
Added § 12-1.5-19 requiring the state crime lab to audit the databank for missing DNA profiles and report to the…
May 1, 2023
Crime victims and witnesses legislation; § 7 amended RCW 43.43.754 (statutory cross-reference updates).
April 13, 2023
Added quarterly TBI reporting requirements to legislative committees on forensic-services staffing and analysis timelines for sexual offense evidence.
April 12, 2023
Clarified DNA sample retention for felony arrestees.
March 30, 2023
Added Rapid DNA technology authorization and sample retention rules.
March 23, 2023
Set rules for law enforcement use of investigative genetic genealogy and consumer genetic databases.
March 10, 2023
Expanded postconviction DNA testing by amending C.R.S. § 18-1-411.
July 1, 2022
Amended §§ 844D-82 (confidentiality) and 844D-111 (penalties) as part of the corrections reorganization renaming the Department of Public Safety to…
February 3, 2022
Added §§ 2316.2–2316.4 extending the DNA collection framework to high-risk missing persons, missing persons generally, and unidentified decedents. P.L. 16,…