HB 294-DNA TESTING & REGISTRATION                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR announced the committee took testimony on an                                                                    
identical Senate bill (SB 201).                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MR. DEL SMITH, Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Public                                                                  
Safety, stated the department supports HB 294.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR HALFORD moved to pass HB 294 to its next committee of                                                                   
referral with individual recommendations.  There being no                                                                       
objection, the motion carried.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
MR. JOHN MCKINNON, Anchorage Police Department, stated support for                                                              
HB 294.