ITD issues legislative identification cards to members
of the House and Senate

In the first week of March, 44 House members and 22 Senators received legislative identification cards from ITD’s Driver Services during a two-day event at the Idaho Statehouse. The department provides this service to the legislative body every two years, and has prepared these IDs for nearly two decades.

“It is good to have an ID as a government representative so we can use it when we attend training in Idaho and other states across the nation,” said Rep. Paulette Jordan, Plummer. Jordan is pictured to right.

Rep. Jordan also said she wanted to get an ID because she was curious to see what the card looked like.

ITD Project Coordinator John Meyer spent several days hauling equipment to the Statehouse and making sure the connection between the Capitol and ITD headquarters was working properly.  Technicians Kimberly Moyer and Leslie Oien helped capture the 66 photos and necessary information to produce the IDs.

“John has been awesome getting everything to work properly,” said Moyer.  “We could not have done it without him.”

However, it was not all smiles halfway through the first day of the event.  A power outage Tuesday afternoon caused the equipment server to go down, forcing production of IDs to come to a screeching halt.

Wednesday morning was a different story, as dozens of legislators took their turn smiling for the camera. 

This is Moyer’s second time processing IDs at the Statehouse, and Oien’s first.

“It is an honor to be asked to represent the department and agency, and I am always happy to serve however I am able to,” said Oien.

Legislators were happy the equipment was working and grateful for the opportunity to obtain a special personal ID.

“I’m proud to say I’m a legislator and I want to thank ITD for being nice enough to offer this for us,” said Rep. Don Cheatham, Post Falls, who was excited to receive his first legislative ID.

Members of the legislature use the IDs in many different ways.

“It is always nice to have an extra piece of identification with you,” said Sen. Bob Nonini, Coeur d’Alene.

“I take my legislative ID with me wherever I travel throughout the world and have it in my suitcase in the event that something happens, like my wallet gets stolen,” added Sen. H. Brent Hill, Rexburg. Hill is pictured to left. ITD's Kimberly Moyer (standing) and Leslie Oien (seated) entering all the necessary information as the Senator awaits his turn to smile for the camera

For a few legislators unable to make it during the scheduled times, ITD provided the opportunity for them to come down to headquarters to be issued an ID.

The IDs will be delivered to the Statehouse next week.



Published 03-20-15