MS: An Act Adding Biological Sample Terminology and Registrant Deadline (SB 2986, Ch. 500, 2001)

July 1, 2001

Overhauled Mississippi's sex offender registration law and, for DNA purposes, defined 'registration duties' to include obtaining each registrant's biological sample for the State Crime Laboratory under § 45-33-37; amended § 45-33-37 to replace blood-based sampling language with the broader term 'biological sample,' required any registrant with no DNA analysis on file to submit a sample within five working days after registration, and directed responsible agencies to obtain a sample from every registrant not already on file. Laws 2001, ch. 500. Effective July 1, 2001.