BILL NUMBER: SB 249 VETOED DATE: 10/09/2015 To the Members of the California State Senate: I am returning Senate Bill 249 without my signature. This bill authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, allowing the department to issue "enhanced" driver's licenses, provisional licenses and identification cards. While I support the purpose of this bill to allow easier passage across certain borders within the Western Hemisphere, I believe that there are other means, such as the U.S. Passport Card, that achieve the same goal without imposing new burdens on the Department of Motor Vehicles. Sincerely, Edmund G. Brown Jr.