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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Provides that a photograph is not required on an Illinois Identification Card or an Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card if the applicant is prohibited by bona fide religious convictions from being photographed. Requires that the Secretary of State determine by rule which religious orders and sects have bona fide religious convictions against a person being photographed.
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. In provisions concerning Illinois Identification Cards and Illinois Disabled Person Identification Cards, authorizes the Secretary of State to provide by rule for the issuance of identification cards without photographs if the applicant has a bona fide religious objection to being photographed or to the display of his or her photograph.
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