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 11, 2024
Ninety-day emergency act. Section 22 amends the DNA Sample Collection Act of 2001 by adding new sections 2a and 2b,…
February 13, 2024
Adopted the Genetic Information Privacy Act, relating to public health and welfare. Requires direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies to obtain consumer…
December 12, 2023
Amended section 6 of the DNA Identification Profiling System Act (1990 PA 250; MCL 28.176), as amended by 2018 PA…
December 8, 2023
KBI rules on the Kansas DNA databank. Cover definitions; classification of DNA records and their availability to law enforcement, approved…
October 10, 2023
Amended Penal Code §§ 680, 680.3, and 11116.10 and repealed and added § 680.4, requiring a second statewide audit of…
September 1, 2023
Replaced the 25-felony list with ‘arrested for any offense punishable as a felony,’ making DNA collection mandatory at booking for…
September 1, 2023
Amended § 420.043, Government Code, imposing duties on law enforcement agencies, crime laboratories, and the Department of Public Safety following…
July 1, 2023
Appropriated $1,386,572 to the Department of Public Safety for Rapid DNA Technology operating expenses of the State Crime Laboratory, plus…
July 1, 2023
Immigration enforcement law; § 18 amended § 943.325(2)(g) to add persons in law-enforcement custody subject to a federal immigration detainer…
July 1, 2023
Creates s. 943.324, F.S., establishing the Rapid DNA Grant Program within FDLE to award grants to county jails and sheriffs’…
June 26, 2023
Added § 12-1.5-19 to the DNA Detection of Sexual and Violent Offenders chapter directing the state crime laboratory to audit…
June 15, 2023
A proviso in Specific Appropriation 1275 of the FY2023-24 General Appropriations Act provides $2,750,000 in nonrecurring General Revenue funds to…