<P> Florida, Nevada and Wisconsin have been approved by DHS and started to issue RealIDs . A RealID can be identified as materially compliant by a gold star located on the top third of the ID . A fully compliant RealID is identified as having a circle with an inset gold star in the top third of the ID . As of October 2011, Connecticut also issues them . Starting in January 2013, Ohio is issuing RealIDs under the name "Safe ID". Starting on January 22, 2018, California will be issuing RealIDs . </P> <P> Additionally, some states, mostly those with an international border, issue enhanced driver's licenses and enhanced ID cards . Enhanced licenses combine a regular driver's license with the specifications of the new federal passport card . Thus, in addition to providing driving privileges, the enhanced license also is proof of U.S. citizenship, and can therefore be used to cross the Canadian and Mexican borders by road, rail, or sea, although air travel still requires a traditional passport book . The enhanced licenses are also fully Real ID compliant . </P> <P> As of May 2009, Vermont, New York, Michigan, and Washington were issuing enhanced driver's licenses and ID cards . In January 2014, Minnesota became the fifth state to issue enhanced driver's licenses, while Ohio is set to become the sixth state once it has been approved by its legislature . </P> <P> On March 27, 2008, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced that Washington's enhanced driver's license was the first such license approved under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative; according to a Homeland Security press release, the department is also working with Arizonan authorities to develop enhanced driver's licenses . On September 16, 2008, New York began issuing enhanced driver's licenses that meet WHTI requirements . Texas was expected to also implement an enhanced driver's license program, but the program has been blocked by Texas Governor Rick Perry, despite a state law authorizing the Texas Department of Public Safety to issue EDLs and a ruling by the state attorney general, Greg Abbott, that Texas's production of EDLs would comply with federal requirements . </P>

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