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Public defender asks legislature to bar law-enforcement use of newborn-screening DNA in A3004 debate
Summary
Assistant Public Defender Fletcher Duddy told the Assembly Judiciary Committee he supports the health goals of A3004 but seeks narrow amendments to ensure newborn-screening genetic samples cannot be used for law-enforcement investigations without a warrant; the committee released the bill after discussion.
Assemblyman Hutchinson’s A3004—introduced to restrict genetic testing of newborns and to limit crime-victim DNA collection to warrant- or court-ordered processes—was the subject of focused testimony and committee discussion before the panel voted to release the bill.
Assistant Public Defender Fletcher Duddy told the committee he and his office circulated a short letter proposing "very minimal amendments"…
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