This database includes federal, state, and local laws, proposed legislation, budget impact statements,
regulations, and more as jurisdictions implement forensic DNA policies and procedures.
June 7, 2023
Revised laws related to biometric privacy and created the Genetic Information Privacy Act, requiring an entity to provide consumers information…
May 26, 2023
Attorney General / State Police rules administering the DNA Database and Databank Act of 1994 (N.J.S.A. 53:1-20.17 et seq.). Seven…
May 1, 2023
In a crime-victims-and-witnesses act, § 7 amended RCW 43.43.754 both to update cross-references and to add substantive jail DNA-collection accountability:…
April 13, 2023
Added quarterly TBI reporting requirements to legislative committees on forensic-services staffing and analysis timelines for sexual offense evidence.
April 12, 2023
Amended A.C.A. § 12-12-1006(a) to clarify that when a receiving detention facility uses Rapid DNA technology to analyze a sample…
March 30, 2023
Enacted the Liza Fletcher Act, amending A.C.A. § 12-12-1006 to expand mandatory arrestee DNA collection from a short list of…
March 23, 2023
Enacted Utah Code § 53-10-403.7 limiting law enforcement use of investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) to qualifying cases (violent felony investigations…
March 10, 2023
Expanded postconviction DNA testing by amending C.R.S. §§ 18-1-411 through 18-1-416: broadened eligibility from only incarcerated persons to any convicted…
July 9, 2022
Nebraska State Patrol rules governing the state DNA Database across nine sections. Collection agencies obtain kits from the NSPCL free…
July 1, 2022
Amended §§ 844D-82 (confidentiality) and 844D-111 (penalties) as part of the corrections reorganization renaming the Department of Public Safety to…
June 30, 2022
Omnibus judicial-proceedings act. Among many provisions it addresses sexual assault evidence collection kits — requiring reporting of whether analysis yielded…
June 15, 2022
Adds a new Chapter 163 to Title 8, Guam Code Annotated, establishing a bill of rights for victims of sexual…