BILL NUMBER: AB 221	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 2, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 29, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2015

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.  The bill would require the study
to consider the security of personal information, compliance with
federal standards, and the limitations of available technology. 
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.
 The study shall consider, at a minimum, the security of personal
information, compliance with federal standards, and the limitations
of available technology. 
   (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.