Relating to the information required on an application for a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card

Under current law, a person is required to make an application for a driver’s license or a nonoperator’s identification card on a form provided by the department of transportation (DOT). The person must provide the person’s full name, signature, current mailing address, current residential address, date of birth, social security number, and physical description including sex, height, and eye color. The DOT may waive the requirement that a foreign national provide a social security number. This bill authorizes a person to provide the person’s passport number instead of the person’s social security number. The bill allows the DOT to waive the requirement that a foreign national provide a passport number. The bill makes conforming Code changes to specify that a person’s passport number is considered personal information that the DOT is prohibited from disclosing without the person’s written consent, unless required by law, and to require that the distinguishing number issued by the DOT on a person’s driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card not match the person’s passport number.