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Senate Transportation panel weighs bill language after DMV warns Real ID wording could cause federal compliance risk
Summary
Senate Transportation members spent a large portion of their meeting debating language in a miscellaneous DMV bill that would require DMV staff to "shall continue to be informed" applicants about options such as operator privilege cards or non‑driver IDs after a REAL ID application triggers a federal check.
Senate Transportation members spent a large portion of their meeting debating language in a miscellaneous DMV bill that would require DMV staff to "shall continue to be informed" applicants about options such as operator privilege cards or non‑driver IDs after a REAL ID application triggers a federal check.
The discussion matters because DMV officials said the mandatory phrasing could be read as requiring the agency to provide an alternative credential immediately even when a federal database flag—such as evidence of fraudulent documents or other law‑enforcement flags—appears during a REAL ID check. "To the extent permitted by federal law," Daniel Leonard of the Office of Legislative Counsel read as a possible insertion to narrow the language.
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