Jan. 26, 2005: The Real ID Act of 2005 was introduced to the House by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) Feb. 10, 2005: The House passes the bill April 21, 2005: The Senate passes the bill ...

That deadline has been pushed back multiple times, including in 2020 when the Department of Homeland Security said pandemic-related backlogs slowed state progress in issuing REAL IDs, VERIFY reported.

REAL ID is a state-issued identification document that complies with “minimum security standards” established by Congress under the REAL ID Act, which was signed into law in 2005 in as part of ...

Social Media Reacts Posters on the Reddit forum r/TSA debated whether people should have been prepared for the change. One user noted that the Real ID change has been in the works for a very long ...

The implementation of the REAL ID requirement for domestic air travel has been a long time coming. Originally, U.S. states were required to comply with the REAL ID Act by May 2008, but multiple ...