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House panel advances bill to allow optional mobile driver's licenses, sends voting-use restriction to floor
Summary
The House Transportation Committee advanced House Bill 78 to authorize optional mobile driver's licenses (MDLs), approved a committee amendment to ban MDLs as proof at polling places, and sent the amended measure to the floor for further action following a roll-call vote.
The House Transportation Committee on a voice and roll-call vote advanced House Bill 78, a bill to authorize an optional mobile driver's license (MDL) issued by the Idaho Transportation Department, and forwarded the measure to the House floor for amendments after a committee substitute that would prohibit use of an MDL for voting.
Proponents said the technology is optional and aims to modernize identity verification. Representative Stephanie Mickelson, sponsor of H78, told the committee the mobile licenses are "100% optional" and said the system uses national standards and digital-trust audits to reduce identity fraud and speed transactions. Lisa McClellan, administrator of the Idaho Department of Transportation's Division of Motor Vehicles, told members that issuance requires a live selfie and "a liveliness check" and that states and DMVs must…
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