Bill Text: TX HB1783 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a program for the issuance of digital identification.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-07 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB1783 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1783-Introduced.html
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By: Martinez Fischer | H.B. No. 1783 |
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relating to the establishment of a program for the issuance of | ||
digital identification. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 7, Transportation Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 526 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 526. DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM | ||
Sec. 526.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Department" and "driver's license" have the | ||
meanings assigned by Section 521.001. | ||
(2) "Digital identification" includes digital | ||
driver's licenses and digital personal identification | ||
certificates. | ||
Sec. 526.0102. DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM. (a) The | ||
department by rule shall establish a program for the issuance of | ||
digital identification. | ||
(b) In establishing the digital identification program, the | ||
department shall: | ||
(1) assess existing department infrastructure and | ||
upgrade department infrastructure according to the department's | ||
findings; | ||
(2) acquire a mobile application that: | ||
(A) displays digital identification that | ||
includes the information described by Section 521.121(a) on a | ||
wireless communication device; | ||
(B) includes an authentication and verification | ||
process for a wireless communication device; and | ||
(C) may be used in any location regardless of the | ||
location's level of wireless connectivity or cellular telephone | ||
service; | ||
(3) deploy the digital identification mobile | ||
application; and | ||
(4) implement a law enforcement version of the | ||
application. | ||
(c) The department may contract with a third party to | ||
establish the program described by this section if the contract is | ||
at no cost to the department. | ||
SECTION 2. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt the | ||
rules for the digital identification program under Chapter 526, | ||
Transportation Code, as added by this Act, not later than February | ||
1, 2024. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |