Lose your license? Leave it at home? One California legislator, supported by the state's lieutenant governor, thinks you should be able to access that license on your smartphone.
The legislation introduced on Wednesday in Sacramento by Assemblyman Matt Dababneh (D-Encino) would authorize California's Department of Motor Vehicles to create a mobile application for a secure way to present the state's most basic form of ID -- either a license or a state identification card -- through a phone.
AB221 follows on similar efforts in both Delaware and Iowa, and is written in a way that attempts to address concerns about security.
Its biggest champion, though, argues that the e-license would be much more secure than the one sitting in your wallet.
"Fundamentally, this is about offering the public a safer and more convenient option to meet a government requirement -- to carry a driver's license," said Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom in a written statement supporting AB221. "And it's a principle and direction that government should strive towards universally."