Bill would require facial scans for state IDs

Bill would require facial scans for state IDs
Statesman Journal


Oregonians would provide a facial "fingerprint" for their driver's licenses and IDs under a proposal moving through the Legislature.
They also would pay $2 more for the advanced security measures, which are designed to curb identity theft.
The Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services division would collect "biometric" data -- digital maps of facial features -- with each driver's license or ID. The faces of new applicants would be compared with others in a database.
"Those who are applying for new licenses under different names will be stopped," said Sen. Jackie Winters, a Salem Republican and sponsor of the bill.
The Senate approved the measure 28-2, and it now moves to the House.
Senators also approved charging $2 per license or ID to cover the cost of collecting and verifying the images. It is expected to cost more than $700,000 during the next four years.
If the bill is approved, Oregon will join 17 other states already using or planning to use similar technology, according to the Senate Republican office. sure, jump on the meth bandwagon
Winters and other Senate Republicans drafted the bill after hearing about the flood of methamphetamine abusers using stolen identities to steal cash. hey, now that it's popular to fight meth
"DMV can be a partner in our war on meth," Winters said in a written statement. "We need to give them the tools."
Opponents of the proposal say it's one step toward creating a national ID. Once all of the states have the same standards, it will be easy for the federal government to begin issuing universal cards, said Dorothy Gage of Portland.


You know, this really gets old.
Oregon is resistant in changing the driver's license to verify Social Security numbers along with the rest of the country so we can board aircraft, but when we use meth as an excuse for something because it is now popular, now we want to jump the gun into something very different.