![]() ![]() Senators Zaynab Mohamed, Bobby Joe Champion, Scott Dibble, Alice Mann, and Nick Frentz sponsored a Senate version of the bill. Representative Aisha Gomez, DFL-Minneapolis, and Freshman Representative María Isa Pérez-Vega, DFL-St. The bill passed 69-60 in the Minnesota House after a five-hour session on January 30. Advocates in immigrant communities have organized for decades to change the rule. ![]() The Minnesota Department of Public Safety, which oversees driver and vehicle services, changed driver’s license eligibility rules in 2003 under then-Governor Tim Pawlenty to include this requirement. Driver’s Licenses For All proposes ending a requirement that applicants show proof of legal residence in the United States-such as a social security number-when applying for a Minnesota driver’s license or state identification card. ![]()
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