This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
September 30, 1997
Created Chapter 22E from scratch; established the State DNA Database within the State Police, mandated collection from persons convicted of…
July 16, 1997
Established a statewide registry of sex offenders and offenders convicted of certain crimes against children, a public access program, and…
July 1, 1997
Part of a comprehensive overhaul of the Kansas Juvenile Justice Code; § 36 amended 21-2511 to align DNA collection procedures…
July 1, 1997
New Mexico’s original DNA statute, enacting the DNA Identification Act in its entirety and providing for the collection of DNA…
June 10, 1997
Founding bill; created the State DNA Data Base and State DNA Sample Bank (administered by the Nebraska State Patrol, linked…
March 31, 1997
Juvenile justice omnibus. Its principal subjects are driver’s license suspension for persons under 19 who convey or possess a deadly…
March 24, 1997
Added A.R.S. § 41-1772 directing the Department of Public Safety to adopt rules for administering Rapid DNA testing of crime-scene…
March 24, 1997
Appropriated $75,000 from the State General Services Fund for maintenance and operating expenses of the State Crime Laboratory DNA Data…
March 17, 1997
Created Chapter 55, Title 19 (the Idaho DNA Database Act), including §§ 19-5503 (management) and 19-5506 (collection mandate). Approved March…
February 26, 1997
Original creation of the DNA Identification Record System (§§ 7-19-401 to 7-19-406); mandates DNA collection from all convicted felons on…
January 9, 1997
Expanded the collection mandate to certain homicide offenses, revised procedures, and eliminated the advisory committee. Signed January 7, 1997; effective…
January 1, 1997
Ohio’s Megan’s Law. Rewrites R.C. Chapter 2950 to create the state’s first comprehensive sexual predator and habitual sex offender classification,…