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 13, 1994
Enacted as Title XXI of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act; created the national DNA index (CODIS/NDIS) at…
September 1, 1994
Amended 74 O.S. §§ 150.24 and 150.27 to authorize OSBI to place any fingerprint received for any purpose in its…
June 29, 1994
Created the State DNA Database in SLED (§§ 23-3-600 to 23-3-700), embedded in Part II of the General Appropriations Bill.…
June 17, 1994
Created the DNA Identification Profiling System Act from scratch, establishing the database and initial collection requirements; part of a three-bill…
June 16, 1994
Created Delaware’s forensic DNA program by adding § 4713 to Title 29; made DNA comparisons admissible, required blood samples from…
May 26, 1994
Original enactment of Maryland’s statewide DNA database program, then codified in Article 88B (Department of State Police). The bill number…
May 6, 1994
Authorizes the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to establish a DNA database system based on genetic markers;…
April 1, 1994
Section 3 of Chapter 94-90, Laws of Florida, further amended § 943.325, F.S. Per the National Registry narrative the corresponding…
December 10, 1993
Created Wisconsin’s DNA data bank program; established State Crime Laboratories’ authority to collect, analyze, and maintain DNA profiles from convicted…
September 25, 1993
Amends Penal Code section 290.2 to permit a person required to register as a sex offender who registers by mail,…
August 10, 1993
Early 1993 amendment to § 165.77; likely a technical or conforming amendment predating Act 98’s comprehensive DNA overhaul.
July 19, 1993
Established NC’s original State DNA Database and Databank under SBI administration (Article 13, G.S. 15A-266 et seq.); mandated DNA collection…