The state of Montana has said “no thanks,” along with a handful of others, including New Hampshire.

State Rep. Sherm Packard, R-Londonderry, who opposed the federal Real I.D. Initiative, now supports it and is bringing up the defeated bill in the 2016 legislative session. I spoke to the 13-term lawmaker about his change of mind, what’s in the Real ID package, and what its enactment would mean to you.