Highlights:

• Prohibits the secretary of state from charging fees for doing any of the following (Sec. 2):

• Issuing an original or a renewal official state personal identification card;

• Late renewal of an official state personal identification card;

• Renewing a corrected official state personal identification card;

• Changing a residence address in an official state personal identification card;

• Correcting a department error in an official state personal identification card; or

• Adding or removing a heart insignia.

• Repeal fees for obtaining or renewing an official personal identification card to (Sec. 1):

• Regulate the use and disclosure of information obtained from the card;

• Prescribe the powers and duties of the secretary of state;

• Prescribe fees; 

• Prescribe certain penalties for violations; and 

• To provide an appropriation for certain purposes.

• Requires the secretary of state to provide information to the applicant which can be completed by (Sec. 2):

• Providing printed material enclosed with a mailed notice for the issuance or renewal of an official state personal identification card;

• Providing printed material to an applicant who personally appears at a secretary of state branch office; or

• Electronic information transmittals for applications processed by electronic means; 

• Requires that the secretary of state provide applicants information regarding (Sec. 2):

• The applicant’s right to make an anatomical gift in the event of death;

• Information describing the donor registry program maintained by Michigan’s federally designated organ procurement organization; and

• Information allowing the applicant to have his or her name placed on the official registry

• Establishes that an official state personal identification card must contain the following (Sec. 2):

• An identification number permanently assigned to the individual to whom the card is issued;

• The full legal name, date of birth, sex, residence address, height, weight, eye color, digital photographic image, a signature of or verification and certification by the applicant, and an expiration date of the official state personal identification card; and

• The official state personal identification card must not contain a fingerprint or finger image of the applicant.

• Specifies that this bill will come into effect on January 1, 2022 (Sec. 2).

Vetoed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a substitute bill that rescinds fees for obtaining or renewing a state ID card starting in 2022.

Highlights:

• Prohibits the secretary of state from charging fees for doing any of the following (Sec. 2):

• Issuing an original or a renewal official state personal identification card;

• Late renewal of an official state personal identification card;

• Renewing a corrected official state personal identification card;

• Changing a residence address in an official state personal identification card;

• Correcting a department error in an official state personal identification card; or

• Adding or removing a heart insignia.

• Repeal fees for obtaining or renewing an official personal identification card to (Sec. 1):

• Regulate the use and disclosure of information obtained from the card;

• Prescribe the powers and duties of the secretary of state;

• Prescribe fees; 

• Prescribe certain penalties for violations; and 

• To provide an appropriation for certain purposes.

• Requires the secretary of state to provide information to the applicant which can be completed by (Sec. 2):

• Providing printed material enclosed with a mailed notice for the issuance or renewal of an official state personal identification card;

• Providing printed material to an applicant who personally appears at a secretary of state branch office; or

• Electronic information transmittals for applications processed by electronic means; 

• Requires that the secretary of state provide applicants information regarding (Sec. 2):

• The applicant’s right to make an anatomical gift in the event of death;

• Information describing the donor registry program maintained by Michigan’s federally designated organ procurement organization; and

• Information allowing the applicant to have his or her name placed on the official registry

• Establishes that an official state personal identification card must contain the following (Sec. 2):

• An identification number permanently assigned to the individual to whom the card is issued;

• The full legal name, date of birth, sex, residence address, height, weight, eye color, digital photographic image, a signature of or verification and certification by the applicant, and an expiration date of the official state personal identification card; and

• The official state personal identification card must not contain a fingerprint or finger image of the applicant.

• Specifies that this bill will come into effect on January 1, 2022 (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that rescinds fees for obtaining or renewing a state ID card starting in 2022.

Highlights:

• Prohibits the secretary of state from charging fees for doing any of the following (Sec. 2):

• Issuing an original or a renewal official state personal identification card;

• Late renewal of an official state personal identification card;

• Renewing a corrected official state personal identification card;

• Changing a residence address in an official state personal identification card;

• Correcting a department error in an official state personal identification card; or

• Adding or removing a heart insignia.

• Repeal fees for obtaining or renewing an official personal identification card to (Sec. 1):

• Regulate the use and disclosure of information obtained from the card;

• Prescribe the powers and duties of the secretary of state;

• Prescribe fees; 

• Prescribe certain penalties for violations; and 

• To provide an appropriation for certain purposes.

• Requires the secretary of state to provide information to the applicant which can be completed by (Sec. 2):

• Providing printed material enclosed with a mailed notice for the issuance or renewal of an official state personal identification card;

• Providing printed material to an applicant who personally appears at a secretary of state branch office; or

• Electronic information transmittals for applications processed by electronic means; 

• Requires that the secretary of state provide applicants information regarding (Sec. 2):

• The applicant’s right to make an anatomical gift in the event of death;

• Information describing the donor registry program maintained by Michigan’s federally designated organ procurement organization; and

• Information allowing the applicant to have his or her name placed on the official registry

• Establishes that an official state personal identification card must contain the following (Sec. 2):

• An identification number permanently assigned to the individual to whom the card is issued;

• The full legal name, date of birth, sex, residence address, height, weight, eye color, digital photographic image, a signature of or verification and certification by the applicant, and an expiration date of the official state personal identification card; and

• The official state personal identification card must not contain a fingerprint or finger image of the applicant.

• Specifies that this bill will come into effect on January 1, 2022 (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text