Last month Illinois Governor, JB Pritzker, signed a House Bill 4592 into law, which gives Illinois residents the option to have a mobile Illinois Identification Card or mobile driver’s license.
The digital version of the ID card would be issued in addition to the physical card, not instead. The law allows agencies and businesses to choose whether they want to accept digital IDs but bars anyone from requiring a digital ID over a physical card.
Additionally, residents would still have to show their physical identification card to law enforcement, if the officer requests it. The law also gives officers immunity from any liability resulting in damage to a mobile device, except in the cases of willful and wanton misconduct, as well as barring law enforcement from searching an individual’s phone without consent if they are provided digital identification.
This bill will go into effect on January 1, 2025.
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