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Committee reviews bill to let detainees detained six months obtain non-driver state ID before release
Summary
Lawmakers discussed H549, which would extend a program that issues state non-driver IDs to sentenced people who served six months to include detainees detained at least six months; members asked DMV and DOC to clarify operational, REAL ID and funding issues and agreed to schedule agency testimony.
An unidentified sponsor presented H549 to the House Corrections and Institutions Committee on Jan. 8, saying the bill would expand the existing DOC/DMV ID program so people detained for six months — not only those sentenced to six months or more — could obtain a state non-driver ID before release.
"This expands that to folks who have been detained for at least 6 months," the sponsor said, summarizing the bill's central change.
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