Administering Entity
Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI)
Enhanced Budget Items
- Statewide Cold Case Database (HB 21, enacted – 2021)
Arrestees: No.
Convicted Offenders: Yes.
Qualifying Crimes: Any felony conviction.
Time of Collection: For persons in custody on or after July 1, 1997: before release from custody. For persons not sentenced to imprisonment: immediately after sentencing.
Expungement: By written request, with a certified copy of the court order reversing and dismissing the conviction, or providing for expungement (Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-405).
Statutes / Case Law
- WY Stat. § 7–19–401. Definitions.
- § 7–19–403. DNA Samples Required; Collection; Testing; Reimbursement of Costs
- § 7–19–405. Expungement of Information
- Doles v. State, 994 P. 2d 315 (Wyo. 1999) (“Although collecting DNA samples is a search and seizure, we are persuaded that the Act’s mandated DNA collection from convicted felons is reasonable and does not violate the Fourth Amendment”).
Legislative History
- 1997 House Bill No. 57 — Chapter 139, 1997 Session Laws Original creation of the DNA Identification Record System (§§ 7-19-401 through 7-19-406). Mandates DNA collection from all convicted felons on or after July 1, 1997. Approved Feb. 26, 1997 | Effective July 1, 1997
- 2018 House Bill No. HB0026 — Chapter 77, 2018 Session Laws Post-Conviction Determination of Factual Innocence Act. Does not amend § 7-19-401 directly but incorporates it — requires petitioners with biological evidence to seek DNA testing pursuant to §§ 7-19-401 through 7-19-406. Effective March 12, 2018
- 2019 Senate File No. SF0072 — Chapter 76, 2019 Session Laws Amended § 7-19-401(a) to add definition of “sexual assault biological evidence” (para. xii); extended the act to include new § 7-19-407 (sexual assault biological evidence reporting requirements). Adopted Feb. 26, 2019 | Effective July 1, 2019
No program or law identified.
- $150,000 one-time, 5-year Forensic Genetic Genealogy Pilot Program (DCI)
- Appropriates $150K to DCI to run a 5-year FGG pilot (July 2024–June 2029) providing FGG analyses/searches for criminal leads and human-remains ID; agencies may apply for grants. Rooted in the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons effort.
- HB 0058 (2024, enacted) – FGG pilot program
No program or law identified.
No program or law identified.