From a concerned citizen:

The state of Virginia has one also and has been signed by both the house and senate and is now on to the Governor to be signed.  It is bill HB1587. This bill prohibits the Real ID as issued by the government and Virginia will not participate in it!

 

It has passed in the HOUSE and the SENATE already.  
House vote 88-10
Senate vote 39-10Now it has to be signed or vetoed by the Governor.   

He has two weeks.

A current listing of State-based initiatives can be found here.

Here is the text of the bill…

HOUSE BILL NO. 1587

House Amendments in [ ] – February 9, 2009

A BILL to authorize the Commonwealth’s lack of participation in the compliance of any provision of the Real ID Act.

———-Patron Prior to Engrossment–Delegate Marshall, R.G.

———-Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety

———-Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. Participation in the Real ID Act of 2005.

A. For purposes of this Act, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this Act except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

“Biometric data” means information relating to a biological characteristic of an individual that makes that individual unique from any other individual, including, but not limited to, the following:

1. Fingerprints, palm prints, and other means for measuring or recording ridge pattern or fingertip characteristics.

2. Facial feature pattern characteristics.

3. Behavior characteristics of a handwritten signature, such as shape, speed, pressure, pen angle, or sequence.

4. Voice data used for comparing live speech with a previously created speech model of an individual’s voice.

5. Iris recognition data containing color or texture patterns or codes.

6. Keystroke dynamics, measuring pressure applied to key pads.

7. Hand geometry, measuring hand characteristics, including the shape and length of fingers, in three dimensions.

8. Retinal scans, reading through the pupil to measure blood vessels lining the retina.

9. Deoxyribonucleic acid or ribonucleic acid.

“Economic privacy” means the privacy of an individual that relates to a right, privilege, or reasonable expectation that certain information is required by law to be held confidential or is otherwise considered to be confidential to that individual, including, but not limited to:

1. Information included in a tax return required by law to be filed with the federal, state, or local government.

2. Information on financial transactions conducted by or on behalf of the individual.

3. Information on investment transactions conducted by or on behalf of the individual.

“Real ID Act of 2005″ means Division B of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109-13, 119 Stat. 302).

B. Neither the Governor nor the Department of Motor Vehicles nor any other agency of the Commonwealth shall participate in the compliance of any provision of the Real ID Act of 2005 [ and any other federal law, regulation, or policy ] that would compromise the economic privacy or biometric data of any resident of the Commonwealth.

-Phil