Update
The bill was amended during a Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting that now would "prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a personal identification card or a driver's license that exceeds the duration of an individual's legal presence in the United States."
The original bills asked for visual markings on licenses that indicated the license or ID card expired on the date the person is "no longer considered to be legally resent in the United States.
You can read the update here.
Original story
Two bills in the Michigan House of Representatives would have individual markings for immigrants in the United States on driver's licenses and state identification cards.
House bills 5686 was introduced last month by Rep. Pamela Hornberger, a Republican from Chesterfield Township while bill 5687 was introduced by Rep. Beth Griffin, a Republican from Mattawan.
The bills would affect immigrants who are in the United States legally, and would have a visual marking on either the license or ID cards that tells how long they're legally allowed in the country.
It says either the ID card or license "shall be visually marked indicating that it is issued for a term that expires on the date the individual is no longer considered to be legally present in the United States."
You can read the HB 5686 here and 5687 here.
The bills were both sent to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure which held a committee hearing on Tuesday morning. If both make it through committee, they'll head to the whole House for a vote.
