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Measure AB 1151
Authors Connolly  
Subject Driver’s licenses: identification cards.
Relating To relating to vehicles.
Title An act to amend Section 13000 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
Last Action Dt 2025-03-24
State Amended Assembly
Status In Committee Process
Active? Y
Vote Required Majority
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency No
Tax Levy No
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Actions
2025-05-23     In committee: Held under submission.
2025-05-14     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-22     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-25     Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-03-24     Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-03-24     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
2025-02-21     From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20     Read first time. To print.
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Amended Assembly     2025-03-24
Introduced     2025-02-20
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				Section 13000 of the 
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								The department may issue an identification card to any person attesting to the true full name, correct age, and other identifying data as certified by the applicant for the identification card.
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								The department may not issue a Real ID identification card to a person who holds a Real ID driver’s license.
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								The department may cancel an identification card in order to enable compliance with paragraph (2).
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								Any person 62 years of age or older may apply for, and the department upon receipt of a proper application therefor shall issue, an identification card bearing the notation “Senior Citizen.”
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								The department shall amend any forms used for the cancellation or surrender of a driver’s license to allow a person 62 years of age or older to apply for an identification card using the same form. Upon receipt of this amended form, the department shall issue an identification card bearing the notation “Senior Citizen” to the applicant.
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								Every application for an identification card shall be signed and verified by the applicant under penalty of perjury and shall be supported by bona fide documentary evidence of the age and identity of the
						applicant as the department may require.
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								Prior to the issuance of an identification card, the department shall confirm that a legible print of the thumb or finger of the applicant is on file with the department.
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								Any person 62 years of age or older, and any other qualified person, may apply for, or possess, an identification card under the provisions of either subdivision (a) or (b), but not under both of those provisions.
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Last Version Text Digest Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue an identification card to any person attesting to the true full name, correct age, and other identifying data as certified by the applicant for the identification card. Existing law provides for the issuance of senior citizen identification cards for any person 62 years of age or older free of charge. This bill would require the department to amend any forms used for the cancellation or surrender of a driver’s license to allow a person 62 years of age or older to apply for an identification card using the same form. The bill would require the department to issue an identification card bearing the notation “Senior Citizen” to the applicant upon receipt of this amended form.