Committee declines to introduce bill limiting mobile driver's licenses for voting after security concerns

Representative Mickelson introduced RS32144 and said it would address whether a mobile driver's license could be used for voting. Representative Harris expressed strong opposition, citing security and fiscal concerns: she said the IDs could be easy to fake and that the fiscal note did not account for ongoing third-party cloud storage costs. "I still have some serious issues with this... how easy it is to fake these IDs... this fiscal note doesn't make sense because now you're paying a third party carrier for their cloud storage," Harris said.

Representative Mitchell asked whether the proposed language prevents information from being shared overseas. Mickelson replied that his understanding was that the AMBA system (as he described it) is a system for the United States and Canada and that he could not guarantee future transfers overseas; he offered to bring that question to a full hearing for a fuller answer.

Representative Pesky moved to introduce RS32144. The chair called a voice vote and announced "nay," declaring the motion failed. The transcript records concerns about security, cloud storage costs and data transfer risks but no technical witnesses or cost analyses were presented during the meeting.