This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
October 1, 1999
Repealed and reenacted the registration section for Wetterling/Lychner compliance; still no DNA provision.
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…
June 25, 1999
SLED regulation establishing the State DNA Database, defining ‘sample’, ‘subject’, ‘jurisdictional agency’ and ‘DNA testing/typing’. Jurisdictional agencies obtain collection kits…
June 21, 1999
Concurrent resolution suspending, until sixty days after final adjournment of the 2000 Regular Session, provisions of Chapter 6-A of Title…
May 25, 1999
As part of the 1999 omnibus crime-prevention and judiciary finance act, amended Minn. Stat. § 609.3461, subds. 1-2, to expand…
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…
March 23, 1999
Defined ‘fingerprints’ for purposes of the Criminal Justice Information Act, expanded the group of persons subject to Montana’s DNA testing…
January 12, 1999
Technical amendment updating references to ‘county juvenile agency’ in the DNA profiling act, part of a larger juvenile court reform…
November 16, 1998
Vermont Department of Public Safety / Vermont Forensic Laboratory rule for the DNA Database Unit, in seven parts covering goals…
November 4, 1998
Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences rules implementing Ala. Code 36-18-20 et seq. Four rules cover blood collection by a trained…