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IN HB1498
Bill
Status
1/20/2015
Primary Sponsor
Greg Beumer
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AI Summary
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Allows applicants to obtain driver's licenses, permits, and identification cards without a photograph if they have a sincerely held religious objection to being photographed.
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Requires applicants claiming religious objections to photography to submit a statement from clergy of their religious organization confirming the prohibition on photography within that organization.
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Mandates that any license, permit, or identification card issued without a photograph must include a statement warning that the document may not be accepted by any federal agency for federal identification or other federal purposes.
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Applies to Indiana Code sections governing driver's licenses (IC 9-24-9-2), permits and licenses (IC 9-24-11-5), and identification cards (IC 9-24-16-2 and IC 9-24-16-3).
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Takes effect July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Nonphotograph BMV identification documents. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to issue driver's licenses, permits, and identification cards without a photograph if the applicant for the license, permit, or identification card has a sincerely held religious objection to the taking of a photograph of the applicant. Provides that a license, permit, or identification card that does not bear a photograph must include a statement that indicates that the license, permit, or identification card may not be accepted by any federal agency for federal identification or any other federal purpose.
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation
1/20/2015