Bill Text: CA AB1255 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Mobile application: driver’s licenses and identification cards.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2018-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1255 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1255-Amended.html
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Amended
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Assembly
April 06, 2017 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 1255 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Dababneh |
February 17, 2017 |
An act to add and repeal Article 6 (commencing with Section 13020) to of Chapter 1 of Division 6 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1255, 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 to conduct a pilot project to test the effectiveness of utilizing best practice standards for the assessment of
creating a digital mobile driver’s license application for smartphone use. The bill would require the pilot project to use an assessment protocol or process developed by the department in collaboration with other stakeholders to execute the pilot project. The bill would require the department to solicit participation in the pilot project by department and Department of Transportation employees on or before April 1, 2018, and would require that those employees be selected and begin operation of the pilot project on or before July 1, 2018. The bill would require the department to report the status of the project to the California State Assembly on or before July 1, 2019, and to have full implementation of the application on or before January 1, 2020. The bill would also make legislative findings and declarations.
This bill would require the department to conduct a pilot
program to evaluate the use of a digital mobile driver’s license application for smartphone use. The bill would require the department to issue a request for proposal for a digital mobile driver’s license vendor at the same time it issues a request for proposal for a traditional driver’s license vendor and would require the department to select a digital mobile driver’s license vendor on or before October 1, 2019. The bill would specify that any data exchanged between the department and the digital mobile driver’s license application or the digital mobile driver’s license vendor is limited to the types of data accessible on a traditional driver’s license and would prohibit the department from receiving or retaining any information generated during the pilot program regarding the movement, location, or use of a person participating in the program. The bill would require the department to submit a report of the results of the program, as specified, to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2023. The bill would
also make legislative findings and declarations. The bill would provide that its provisions will remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date are repealed.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) A digital mobile driver’s license can assist law enforcement. A digital mobile driver’s license can help law enforcement determine if personal information is accurate and authentic. Currently, the primary means of validation in most scenarios is visual inspection of the physical card, but this requires an officer to have knowledge of out-of-state licenses in order to validate the validity of an out-of-state license. An officer in one state might not be familiar with the security features of another state’s driver’s license, which can make law enforcement’s job more complicated. However, if states have a standard digital mobile driver’s license, then they can connect to each
other’s secure back-end data and validate an out-of-state credential.
(b) A digital mobile driver’s license can provide a higher level of security. With a digital mobile driver’s license, perpetrators would have less access to a person’s information than they would if a person lost his or her physical license because a digital mobile driver’s license can only be accessed using an application-specific PIN, or even biometrics, so the information cannot be retrieved if a telephone is lost or stolen. For people wary of storing sensitive information on a telephone, digital credentials will make licenses more secure than ever, requiring a PIN or fingerprint verification. This will make it difficult to have a fake ID. Additionally, if a person is worried about losing his or her telephone, the digital mobile driver’s license can be remotely deactivated or wiped almost instantly.
(c) A
digital mobile driver’s license can provide more privacy for consumers. Much of the excitement about digital mobile driver’s licenses comes from the possibilities they hold for states with regard to flexibility, verification, and data management. States can provide all the typical information found on a hard copy, hardcopy, such as date of birth or photograph, and citizens have control over what information is shared. For example, when asked to prove their age, citizens can display only their age or date of birth without showing their address or other personal information.
(d) A digital mobile driver’s license can provide more government flexibility. A digital mobile driver’s license offers states more flexibility during the issuance process. Most states
issue their licenses centrally, which means that the license is produced at a remote location and then mailed to the recipient. When a Californian goes to the Department of Motor Vehicles, he or she is issued a temporary paper license to carry until the permanent version arrives in the mail. With a digital mobile driver’s license, digital issuance can be immediate, replacing the need for a temporary paper license. This gives states more flexibility for many reasons. A state can revoke or invalidate a person’s digital mobile driver’s license after a period of time, encouraging the person to begin using the permanent updated version or to take action if he or she has not yet received a physical driver’s license. In addition, currently most temporary licenses have few security features that prevent fraudulent copies from being made. A digital mobile driver’s license could reduce the security challenges of temporary paper driver’s licenses.
(e) A
digital mobile driver’s license is the license of the future and several other states have already conducted pilot programs. Iowa was the first state to decide to test a digital mobile driver’s license in 2014 and it started a pilot program with 100 state employees by the end of 2015. Iowa hopes to make its digital mobile driver’s license application public in 2017. Legislatures in Arizona, Illinois, Texas, Utah, and other states have authorized the study of digital mobile driver’s licenses. Colorado, Idaho, Maryland, and Washington D.C. are currently on their way to set up a digital mobile driver’s license pilot program funded by a federal grant with the goal of defining and creating a convenient, secure way for citizens and authenticating parties to exchange and verify government-issued credential information via smartphone. In addition, the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators has a working group looking at digital mobile driver’s licenses standards and
specifications.
(a)The department shall conduct a pilot project to test the effectiveness of utilizing best practice standards for the assessment of creating a digital mobile driver’s license application for smartphone use.
(b)The pilot project shall meet all of the following conditions:
(1)On or before April 1, 2018, the department shall solicit participation in the pilot project by Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Transportation employees. Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Transportation employees shall be selected and begin operation of the pilot project on or before July 1, 2018.
(2)The pilot
project shall use an assessment protocol or process developed by the department in collaboration with other stakeholders to execute the pilot project.
(3)On or before July 1, 2019, the department shall report the status of the pilot project to the California State Assembly. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. The requirement for submitting a report imposed by this paragraph is inoperative on January 1, 2020, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(4)On or before January 1, 2020, full implementation of a digital mobile driver’s license application for smartphone use shall go into effect.
SEC. 2.
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 conduct a pilot program to evaluate the use of a digital mobile driver’s license application for smartphone use.(b) (1) The department shall issue a request for proposal for a digital mobile driver’s license vendor at the same time the department issues a request for proposal for a traditional driver’s license vendor. The department shall select a digital mobile driver’s license vendor on or before October 1, 2019.
(2) The pilot program shall be limited to persons who have voluntarily chosen to participate in the program.
(3) Any data exchanged between the department
and the digital mobile driver’s license application or the digital mobile driver’s license vendor shall be limited to the types of data accessible on a traditional driver’s license. The department shall not receive or retain any information generated during the pilot program regarding the movement, location, or use of a person participating in the pilot program.
(c) (1) On or before July 1, 2023, the department shall submit a report of the results of the program to the Legislature. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) The report shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(A) An evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of the digital mobile driver’s license.
(B) An
evaluation of security features necessary to protect against unauthorized access to information.
(C) Recommendations of subsequent actions, if any, that should be taken with regard to digital mobile driver’s licenses.
