Another U.S. state is considering a tentative path to mobile driver’s licenses. Pennsylvania state lawmakers have introduced a bill in the lower house that would make digital IDs a publicly and privately recognized document in combination with a conventional physical document.
Holders of an mDL could filter the information displayed in a transaction. Police would not have the authority to demand a phone as they do now with physical IDs. Officers could not search a suspect’s phone without a warrant unless the person gave the phone up. The legislation doesn’t address the legality of buying alcohol with a digital ID.
