The Idaho House has approved minor Senate amendments in giving final legislative approval to a plan rejecting federal REAL ID driver’s licenses until changes are made that satisfy Gov. Butch Otter.

Pushed after the Sept. 11 attacks, REAL ID driver’s licenses were meant to help stop terrorists and illegal immigrants.

However, Idaho has joined Maine, New Hampshire, Montana and South Carolina in arguing that it will cost millions to make the switch and puts residents’ personal information at risk of theft.

Still, states that reject REAL ID fear their residents could be singled out for an extra scrutiny at airports and federal buildings.

Previously, Idaho received an extension to comply with the federal act until December 2009, rather than this May.