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 earlier this week 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.
The bill would also mandate that ALEA “apply reasonable standards of security to protect the integrity of the digital driver license or nondriver identification card and privacy of the licensee” were the bill to become law.
Several states and U.S. territories already offer some form of digital license or ID, including: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia and Puerto Rico. Other states, like New Hampshire, are currently in the process of implementing their own electronic ID programs.
HB110 is set to be considered by the Alabama House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security once the Legislature reconvenes next Tuesday, January 13. If enacted, the bill’s provisions would go into effect on October 1, 2026.
