HB-6068 Summary

• Allows Michigan residents to apply for official state personal identification cards from the Department of State, with applicants required to provide photographic identity documents and proof of citizenship or legal presence in the United States.

• Beginning February 1, 2018, permits applicants who cannot obtain traditional birth certificates to use a sworn affidavit under penalty of perjury as an alternative nonphotographic identity document, contingent on demonstrating they attempted to obtain a birth certificate but faced inadequate records or indigency.

• Establishes a $10.00 fee for original or renewal state personal identification cards, with fee waivers for seniors 65 and older, individuals with suspended/revoked driver's licenses due to disability, those with statutory blindness, individuals needing cards for voting purposes without other photo ID, and those adding or removing organ donor designation.

• Requires state personal identification cards to contain identification number, full legal name, date of birth, residence address, photograph, signature, expiration date (valid for 4 years), and optional organ donor and veteran designations, with provisions for blood type and medical information.

• Authorizes marking cards issued under the affidavit process and provides $1,000,000 appropriation for fiscal year 2016-2017 to implement the card issuance program; effective February 1, 2018, contingent on passage of HB 6066 and HB 6067.