AAMVA Card Design Standard (CDS) Subcommittee has been hard at work processing change requests to be included in the 2025 version of AAMVA’s DL/ID Card Design Standard (CDS) document. The subcommittee processed 41 change requests received from jurisdictions, industry, and federal partners. The 2025 version of the document has been updated to align with the mDL Implementation Guidelines, ensure consistency in sharing Human and Machine-Readable data, address transparency and privacy of the card holder, update card data elements, and offer clarifications and editorial updates. Notable changes include:
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- Removed items from barcode that were not in human readable form and vise-versa.
- (AKA Data elements, Race and Ethnicity, and Hazmat Expiration Date)
- Added a note (Annex D) for Jurisdiction specific elements to ensure transparency with the cardholder
- Corrected subfile issue in 2020 version; Added Document Type indicators to barcode: (Enhanced Document, CDL, Non-Domiciled, and Permit)
- Addressed credential holder privacy in the introduction of the document