Skip to content

House Panel Passes Bill for Amish Exemption on Photo IDs

Indianapolis, Indiana – Indiana House committee members have passed a bill allowing a religious exemption from photographs on state identification cards.

The Roads and Transportation Committee approved the bill Wednesday that would allow the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to issue a photo-less ID to applicants who have sincere religious objections to having their pictures taken. Instead a digital image using facial recognition technology would be kept on record.

Read More