JEFFERSON CITY • The Missouri Department of Revenue began offering licenses and IDs that are compliant with federal law Monday morning.

Missouri Department of Revenue officials said there was no “immediate rush” to obtain the new REAL ID-compliant cards, however, because old licenses and IDs will still be accepted to board domestic flights until Oct. 1, 2020.

Beginning Oct. 1, 2020, every traveler will need to present a federally compliant ID before traveling domestically, the Department of Revenue said.

Missouri had for years opposed printing the more secure driver’s licenses, the requirements for which were put in place in response to the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York.

But in 2017, lawmakers approved a measure giving Missourians the option of obtaining a compliant identification card.

Missouri lawmakers had refused to comply with the federal mandate, arguing the provisions could allow state residents’ personal information to be hacked or misused.