This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
March 26, 2025
Extends Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s prior $3 million DNA testing appropriation through June 30, 2026, and authorizes external lab contracts…
March 25, 2025
Amended T.C.A. § 40-35-321(d). Requires the biological specimen to be gathered within thirty days of sentencing or, where the term…
February 12, 2025
CBP agency directive, public copy redacted, governing DNA sample collection under 28 C.F.R. 28.12 and CBP’s use of familial (Rapid)…
November 1, 2024
Directs OSBI to establish statewide policies, procedures, and training standards for a Rapid DNA investigative leads program, covering law enforcement…
October 23, 2024
Wyoming Attorney General, Division of Criminal Investigation rules establishing Forensic Genetic Genealogy as a distinct regulatory program, separate from the…
October 1, 2024
Enacted § 8-43-1 et seq., requiring direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies to protect the confidentiality of customers’ genetic information and to…
September 25, 2024
Amended Health and Safety Code §§ 124977 and 124991 and added Article 2.5 (commencing with § 125010) to Chapter 1…
August 9, 2024
Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act (725 ILCS 120/3, 120/4) to define ‘DNA database’ and provide that,…
July 30, 2024
Reauthorized the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program by amending § 2(j) of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of…
July 23, 2024
Amended the DNA databank law to require DNA from persons on mandatory supervised release for sexual offenses against minors, with…
July 22, 2024
Strikes 34 V.I.C. ch. 8, § 206(a) and replaces it with a new subsection (a) providing that the Government of…
July 22, 2024
FDLE rule chapter on DNA database collection. 11D-6.001 (Definitions) and 11D-6.003 (Procedures) are in force; 11D-6.002 was repealed 7-6-99. Defines…