Democratic state Senator Erika Geiss sponsors the package. She says having a digital ID would let you prove your age and identity without giving up other private information. Whereas currently:
“You show your ID to the bartender, the bouncer, now they know where you live.”
The bills would require you to still show a physical ID during traffic stops. But “Michigan Sheriffs Association” executive director Matthew Saxton says he’s concerned about the liability risk of taking someone’s phone.
“Whether it's investigating a crime, or what have you, or a witness or a victim or we still use Driver's license, IDs, to ID people to make sure they are who they say they are.”
Similar bills passed the state Senate last term but didn’t move in the state House of Representatives.
