The measure mandated that the state’s law enforcement agency apply reasonable standards of security to protect user privacy and card integrity.
By Alex Jobin
State Representative Ontario Tillman, D-District 56, is looking to bring digital driver’s licenses and nondriver IDs to Alabama.
House Bill 110, which Tillman prefiled recently ahead of the upcoming 2026 Legislative Session, would require the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, ALEA, to offer residents the option to purchase a digital driver’s license or nondriver identification card in addition to their physical ID.
Per Tillman’s bill, these digital cards would be made available to Alabamians for a $15 fee and would be accessible through an ALEA-approved mobile application. The digital versions would contain all of the same information as their physical counterparts.
Alabamians who purchase a digital driver’s license would be able to produce it in lieu of a physical driver’s license during a traffic stop or upon the demand of a judge, peace officer, state trooper, or any other state or local governmental entity in the state. The bill clarifies that if an individual were to produce their digital ID to a law enforcement official, they would not be implicitly consenting to any further search of their mobile device.