Senate Bill 241, proposed by John Morse, would require anyone arrested for a felony to submit a DNA sample. The proposed law expands DNA collection from the current law that limits DNA collection to those who are convicted and would affect approximately 60,000 people each year.
Although there are provisions to allow people to request their DNA be removed from the database if they are not subsequently charged with a felony, the issue raises a lot of privacy and constitutional issues, as Colleen Slevin of Associated Press reports.