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House approves ID-card expiration change to conform with Real ID; members raise concerns for seniors and care facilities
Summary
The House substituted and passed a change making new Utah identification cards valid for five years to conform with the federal Real ID Act. Sponsors said seniors already holding lifetime IDs are unaffected; members pressed for clarity on disabled residents, driver's privilege cards and mail renewal options.
Representative Dunnigan sponsored First Substitute House Bill 19 to change the expiration period for state identification cards so new IDs issued after July 1 would expire after five years, bringing state ID cards into partial conformance with the federal Real ID Act (driver's licenses already have five-year renewal). The sponsor said the change does not affect driver's…
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