HJR30 Summary

• Recognizes touchless fingerprint matching systems, developed in part in Alabama, as a viable biometric security solution for modern technological security challenges

• Describes touchless fingerprint matching system technology that uses mobile communication devices to perform authentication by capturing fingerprint images, identifying key points, and comparing feature descriptors to stored templates

• Identifies potential applications including physical security, virtual document security, identity protection, professional licensure, and voter identification and security

• Cites benefits of touchless fingerprint systems including enhanced security through increased accuracy, cost-effectiveness in implementation and data storage, ease of inter-agency collaboration, and reduced need for separate physical identification cards

• House adopted the resolution on February 11, 2021; Senate adopted on March 9, 2021