This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
April 9, 1990
Amended and reenacted § 19.2-387; added § 19.2-270.5 (DNA profile admissible in a criminal proceeding, with 21-day notice to the…
March 27, 1990
First substantive expansion of Washington’s one-year-old DNA law: amended RCW 43.43.754 and 43.43.758 to close the collection gap for offenders…
July 5, 1989
Created Section 943.325, Florida Statutes, establishing Florida’s DNA database for sex offenders; required any person convicted on or after January…
May 26, 1989
Created both pillars of Minnesota’s DNA program: § 609.3461 (later § 609.117), requiring DNA specimens from offenders convicted of criminal…
May 18, 1989
Nevada’s original genetic-marker collection law. Added a new section to NRS Chapter 176 (later NRS 176.0913) directing the court, upon…
May 12, 1989
Established Washington’s DNA identification system from scratch, adding sections to chapter 43.43 RCW directing the Washington State Patrol, with the…
March 20, 1989
Amended and reenacted § 2.1-429 of the Code of Virginia (Consolidated Laboratory Services) to add subdivision A.5, directing the Division…
January 1, 1970
CBP-published operational workflow for familial DNA collection and testing at the border. Operational guidance rather than a codified rule.