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SJ0011eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 11
2 (As Amended by Senate Amendment No. 1)

3     WHEREAS, The citizens of the State of Illinois are
4 increasingly using new technologies, including smartphones, in
5 their daily lives; and

6     WHEREAS, The usage of such devices includes core day-to-day
7 functions like working, banking, and shopping; and

8     WHEREAS, The State of Illinois recently enacted
9 legislation to allow for digital "proof of insurance" for
10 insuring motor vehicles; and

11     WHEREAS, There exists emerging technology that allows for
12 secure digital driver's licenses; and

13     WHEREAS, Our neighboring state of Iowa is already
14 developing a mobile application for smartphones to allow for
15 digital driver's licenses; and

16     WHEREAS, Iowa plans to launch a "pilot program" in 2015 to
17 allow for digital driver's licenses, with the hope to offer
18 them to its citizens in 2016; and

19     WHEREAS, Delaware is also considering legislation to look

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1 into becoming the first state to issue digital driver's
2 licenses; and

3     WHEREAS, Illinois has been at the forefront of emerging new
4 technologies; therefore, be it

5     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7 CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Electronic
8 Driver's License Task Force, consisting of the following
9 members:
10         (1) the Governor, or his or her designee;
11         (2) the Secretary of State, or his or her designee;
12         (3) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by
13     the President of the Senate;
14         (4) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by
15     the Minority Leader of the Senate;
16         (5) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by
17     the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
18         (6) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by
19     the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; and
20         (7) the Director of State Police, or his or her
21     designee; and be it further

22     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State's Office shall
23 provide staff and administrative support to the Task Force; and

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1 be it further

2     RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall examine and make
3 recommendations related to the feasibility and cost of the
4 Secretary of State issuing electronic or "virtual" driver's
5 licenses to Illinois residents, in addition to currently
6 accepted forms of identification; and be it further

7     RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet at least 3 times
8 and shall report its findings to the General Assembly on or
9 before December 31, 2015; and be it further

10     RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall be dissolved after
11 submitting its findings to the General Assembly.

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