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Assembly subcommittee presses DMV on plan to join national Real ID state-to-state system amid privacy concerns
Summary
DMV officials told Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 that federal law (Real ID Act) requires California to participate in a national state-to-state verification system and described technical safeguards; legislators and immigrant-rights advocates pushed for clearer guardrails, notification rules and penalties for misuse.
California Department of Motor Vehicles officials defended a proposal to join the national "state-to-state" verification system required by the federal Real ID Act, telling an Assembly Budget Subcommittee that limited identity data would be uploaded and that measures exist to detect and respond to abusive access.
"We are loading first name, last name, date of birth, [and] the last five of the Social Security number into this shared system," Steve Gordon, director at the DMV, said, describing the pointer-based system used by other jurisdictions. He emphasized the system only points to a record and that detailed driver-history data are held by the issuing state and returned only on a qualified request.
The Legislative Analyst's Office said the state faces a difficult choice: the alternative to participation would effectively require Californians to use passports for domestic air travel and access to federal…
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