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 5, 2022
DoD Office of Inspector General instruction issued under DoD Directive 5106.01 and implementing 34 U.S.C. 12592 and 40702(a)(1)(A) and 28…
February 3, 2022
Added §§ 2316.2–2316.4 extending the DNA collection framework to high-risk missing persons, missing persons generally, and unidentified decedents. P.L. 16,…
December 6, 2021
Overhauled Wisconsin’s sexual assault kit system; repealed § 165.77(7) and replaced it with a new standalone statute, § 165.775, with…
October 1, 2021
Amended § 760.40, F.S., providing definitions and prohibiting the collection, retention, submission for analysis, analysis, or disclosure of another person’s…
July 14, 2021
Modified the notification and expungement procedure in § 650.055; revised the sequencing so the crime lab first determines within 30…
June 30, 2021
Added A.R.S. § 41-1772 directing the Department of Public Safety to adopt rules for administering Rapid DNA testing of crime-scene…
June 4, 2021
Amended SDCL §§ 23-5A-17 and 23-5A-25 to permit DNA samples in the state database to be used — in addition…
May 30, 2021
Enacted Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety § 2-507 — one of the first two state forensic genetic genealogy statutes in…
May 25, 2021
Revised New Hampshire’s post-conviction DNA testing procedure. Sponsored by Reps. Conley (Strafford 13), Schapiro (Cheshire 16), Moran (Hillsborough 34), and…
May 10, 2021
Large civil-protection-order recodification bill; Secs. 149-150 amend RCW 43.43.754, adding authority to submit biological samples from deceased offenders and municipal-offense…
May 7, 2021
Requires a warrant for a search of a consumer DNA database and for a familial DNA search or partial-match search…
April 27, 2021
Extended DNA collection to Class A misdemeanor arrests.