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Committee questions Real ID, law enforcement and operational impacts of allowing mailing address on licenses
Summary
Lawmakers and agency witnesses debated HB2584, which would let applicants request their mailing address be printed on a driver's license; the committee sought confirmation of Real ID compliance, database practices, and effects on voter registration and next‑of‑kin notification.
The House Committee on Transportation heard HB2584, which would permit a licensee to request that a mailing address, rather than a principal residence address, appear on a Kansas driver's license. Committee staff said the change would amend KSA 8‑243 and, if enacted, become effective July 1, 2026.
Members raised multiple operational and federal‑compliance concerns. Representative Howell Heisel asked whether printing a mailing address would conflict with federal Real ID requirements; staff and witnesses said the change could affect the Real ID emblem and pledged to verify the legal effect.…
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