SB125
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Amend KRS 186.403 to allow persons who meet the minimum requirements for federal recognition in section 202 of the REAL ID Actof 2005, as amended, in 49 U.S.C. sec. 30301 note, and have been admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant pursuant to a compact of free association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Island, the Republic of Palau, or the Federated States of Micronesia to obtain a voluntary travel ID; amend KRS 186.412, 186.4121, 186.4122, 186.4123, and 186.4125 to conform and to set forth documentation requirements; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025
Introduced: February 11, 2025
Last action: February 13, 2025
Plain-language summary
This bill would allow certain people from the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia who are legally present in the United States under free association compacts to obtain a Kentucky voluntary travel ID, provided they meet federal REAL ID requirements. Currently, this group is not eligible for that document. The change would take effect July 1, 2025. Who it may affect: Kentuckians who are nationals of the Marshall Islands, Palau, or the Federated States of Micronesia living in the state under free association agreements with the United States.
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