A Georgia state legislator has introduced legislation that would ban burqas and traditional Muslim veils.

State Rep. Jason Spencer (R) filed legislation on Wednesday that would prevent women from posing for driver’s license photos while wearing a veil. The measure also adds burqas to a law that makes it a misdemeanor to wear a face covering in public or while driving.

Spencer, who represents Woodbine, a city of about 1,400 residents in southeast Georgia, said his bill is meant to ease fears about Islamic terrorism.

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“This bill is simply a response to constituents that do have concerns of the rise of Islamic terrorism, and we in the State of Georgia do not want our laws used against us,” Spencer told WSB-TV in Atlanta.

The language about face coverings was added to a state statute meant to prevent Ku Klux Klan activity. Existing state law makes it a misdemeanor to wear masks, hoods or face coverings intended to conceal one’s identity. The law was initially passed to prohibit Klan members from gathering in public in white hoods.

Several states prohibit women from wearing face coverings in license and identification photos, including Georgia. But Spencer’s bill would go farther in preventing women from wearing head coverings while driving or while walking down a public sidewalk.

France and Belgium are the only two nations in the world that have banned burqas and similar coverings altogether. Local governments in Italy, Spain and Switzerland have also instituted bans, many of which have been challenged in court.