Legislation Database

This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.

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CA: An Act Making Sexual Battery Registration Mandatory — DNA Specimen Consequence (AB 2127, Ch. 917, 1996)

September 25, 1996

Amends Penal Code sections 243.4 and 290.2 to convert discretionary sex-offender registration upon conviction of felony sexual battery into a…

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MO: An Act Amending Missouri’s DNA Profiling System Statutes (SB 578, 1996)

July 2, 1996

First amendment to Missouri’s DNA profiling statutes. Repealed §§ 43.050, 650.050, 650.053, and 650.055, RSMo 1994, relating to the state…

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OH: Senate Bill 2 Sentencing Conformity Act — DNA Collection Extended to Felons in Jails and Community-Based Correctional Facilities (Am. Sub. SB 269, 1996)

July 1, 1996

Companion conformity act to Am. Sub. S.B. 2, Ohio’s truth-in-sentencing overhaul, taking effect the same day. Amends R.C. 2901.07 to…

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WI: An Act Requiring DNA Samples From Sexually Violent Persons (SB 182, Act 440, 1995)

June 24, 1996

Sex offender registration law; required persons found sexually violent under ch. 980 to provide biological specimens; expanded offender categories under…

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NH: An Act Relative to the Establishment of a DNA Database and DNA Testing of Convicted Sexual Offenders (HB 1584, Ch. 177, 1996)

June 3, 1996

Created RSA 632-A:20–24; required DNA blood samples from all convicted sexual offenders and juvenile sex offenders before release; established a…

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KS: An Act Expanding Qualifying Offenses for DNA Collection (HB 2741, L. 1996, ch. 224, 1996)

May 11, 1996

Expanded the list of qualifying offenses triggering DNA collection, adding specific violent and sex crimes and their attempts/conspiracies/solicitations; amended related…

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VA: An Act Reorganizing Virginia’s Division of Forensic Science (SB 593, Ch. 952, 1996)

April 17, 1996

Reorganized the Division of Forensic Science (into Chapter 27 of Title 9) and updated § 19.2-310.2; administrative restructuring, not an…

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ME: An Act to Establish the DNA Data Base and Data Bank Act (LD 1304, PL 1995, c. 457, 1995)

January 1, 1996

Original enactment; created Chapter 194, including §1574, requiring DNA samples from persons convicted of specific violent and sexual crimes. Effective…

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NY: An Act Creating the Commission on Forensic Science and the State DNA Identification Index (A. 12252, L. 1994, ch. 737)

January 1, 1996

Created Executive Law Article 49-B, establishing the Commission on Forensic Science, the DNA Subcommittee, and the State DNA Identification Index,…

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TX: An Act Establishing Texas’s DNA Database and CODIS Compatibility (HB 40, 1995)

September 1, 1995

Created the DNA Database Subchapter G (Gov’t Code §§ 411.141–411.154); established DPS as the central repository, mandated collection from convicted…

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OH: An Act Permitting BCI to Establish a DNA Database and Requiring DNA Specimens From Certain Offenders (Am. Sub. HB 5, 1995) — Ohio’s founding DNA statute

August 30, 1995

Ohio’s founding forensic DNA act. Enacts R.C. 109.573, 2151.315 and 2901.07 and amends R.C. 109.99, 149.43, 3111.09 and 3111.12. R.C.…

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TN: An Act Adding Child Rape Offenses to DNA Collection Mandate (SB 1144, Acts 1995, ch. 131, 1995)

July 1, 1995

Amended T.C.A. §§ 38-6-113(b) and 40-35-321(b)-(c) to add rape of a child (§ 39-13-522, including attempts) to the sexual offenses…

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