In his Jan. 23 address to the House Public Safety Committee, Mark Muenster of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers said the bill has “some serial constitutional issues” and cited a Washington State Supreme Court decision from 2010 saying a warrant is required to take DNA from someone. He said the expansion of police power provided by the bill is something everyone should be concerned about, and also addressed practical concerns that it could create an additional workload for district court staffs.