Introduced
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To authorize the Secretary of State to create an enhanced drivers license and state identification card with security features and application procedures specified in the bill that would make it meet the standards required to meet the federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. This new federal regulation will require all persons traveling by air between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean region to present a passport or other valid travel document to enter or re-enter the U.S. The application and renewal fee for these optional state documents would be $50, of which a portion would be used to pay for other state spending.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require a person applying for a state drivers license and who has a valid drivers license issued by another state to confirm that he or she has or is terminating the other state license.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To establish that the Secretary of State shall not compile or maintain a drivers license information database that may be shared with a country other than the United States.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To establish that if the optional enhanced drivers license has any "facilitative technology" (such as a radio frequency identification device or RFID) that it would be limited to retaining and transmitting data that are encrypted and do not include biometric data.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 104 to 1 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Transportation
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
To authorize the Secretary of State to create an enhanced drivers license and state identification card with security features and application procedures specified in the bill that would make it meet the standards required to meet the federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. This new federal regulation will require all persons traveling by air between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean region to present a passport or other valid travel document to enter or re-enter the U.S. The application and renewal fee for these optional state documents would be $50, of which a portion would be used to pay for other state spending.
Passed in the House 101 to 3 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
