HB2153 Summary

• Beginning January 1, 2016, the Department of Public Safety must include a "Biometric Identification Religious Exemption" statement on Class D driver license and identification card applications allowing applicants to object to enrollment in international biometric identification systems including facial recognition and digital fingerprinting.

• Applicants who sign the exemption are exempt from supplying biometric data to the Department and the Department must cease collecting, retaining, or disclosing biometric data, samples, or templates for those individuals.

• The Department must store facial images of exemption signers at a reduced resolution (49 pixels or more for head width, 85 pixels maximum full image width, 106 pixels maximum height) in a separate database inaccessible to other governmental or nongovernmental entities, and may retain only the most current image with all previous images permanently deleted.

• Facial images of exemption signers may only be disclosed to law enforcement, the Department of Human Services for child support enforcement, or the public for locating persons of interest or missing persons, with access limited to one name, one record, and one image.

• Exceptions permit collection of photographs and fingerprints for serious traffic offenses, Transportation Security Administration hazardous materials endorsements, law enforcement records requests, and Sex Offenders Registration Act administration; repeals 47 O.S. 2011, Section 6-110.3; effective November 1, 2015.