Assemblymember Jim Cooper introduces DNA collection legislation
At a press conference today, Assemblymember Jim Cooper, D-Elk Grove, announced the introduction of AB 390 with Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos, crime victims' families and bill supporters.
The bill would allow DNA collection from criminals convicted of crimes that were previously felonies but are now reclassified as misdemeanors.