Amended in Senate July 2, 2015

Amended in Assembly June 1, 2015

Amended in Assembly April 29, 2015

Amended in Assembly April 21, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 221

Introduced by Assembly Member Dababneh

February 3, 2015

An act to add Article 6 (commencing with Section 13020) to Chapter 1 of Division 6 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 221, as amended, Dababneh. Mobile application: driver’s licenses and identification cards.

Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue to a person a driver’s license as applied for when the department determines that the applicant is lawfully entitled to a license. Existing law requires the license to state specified information, including the true full name, age, and mailing address of the licensee and a brief description and engraved picture or photograph of the licensee for the purpose of identification.

Existing law authorizes the department to issue an identification card to any person attesting to his or her true full name, correct age, and other identifying data as certified by the applicant for the identification card.

This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to study the feasibility of creating a digital mobile driver’s license application for smartphone use. begin insert The bill would require the study to consider the security of personal information, compliance with federal standards, and the limitations of available technology. end insert The bill would require the department to report the results of the study to the Legislature on or before December 1, 2016.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Article 6 (commencing with Section 13020) is
added to Chapter 1 of Division 6 of the Vehicle Code, to read:

 

Article 6.  Mobile Application

 

13020.  

(a) The department shall study the feasibility of creating
a digital mobile driver’s license application for smartphone use.
begin insert The study shall consider, at a minimum, the security of personal
information, compliance with federal standards, and the limitations
of available technology. end insert

(b) On or before December 1, 2016, the department shall report
the results of the study described in subdivision (a) to the
Legislature. The report shall be submitted in compliance with
Section 9795 of the Government Code. The requirement for
submitting a report imposed by this subdivision is inoperative on
December 1, 2020, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government
Code.