Your driver’s license photo is probably not a glamour shot. It’s not supposed to be. It’s about providing clear, legal identification.

A photo courtesy of Oregon’s Department of Transportation is unlikely to make you look more beautiful, handsome, thinner or younger.

Senate Bill 461 would give Oregonians another shot at a better photo. The bill would change the law so that “dislikes the photograph on the person’s current driver license or driver permit” is an allowable reason to issue a replacement.

Dislike your photo now and want it changed, and you are out of luck.

It doesn’t help if you can’t find your license or if it melted in the dryer. The DMV will issue a replacement license now for a fee of about $26. But if your license is still valid, you get the same photo. You get the same photo for the whole eight years.

If you are still young enough to get carded regularly, a bad photo can be a repeated irritant. It’s not the worst thing in the world. It is a thing in the world, though, that many people would be willing to pay to change, if they only could.

There are even websites that are dedicated to providing tips for getting a better photo. And if you think yours is bad, do a Web search for bad license photos. You’ll feel better.

Oregon’s DMV issues about 600,000 licenses a year. It doesn’t allow people to get their photos reshot basically because of efficiency. It has a certain level of staff. Oregon’s population is growing. Allowing people to get their photos shot and reshot until finally they get one they like could make for long waits at the DMV and simmering discontent in the queue.

The only way this bill should be allowed to pass would be to increase the fee, to discourage people from abusing the privilege. And the requirement should be that each new photo shoot should require the subject to march to the back of the line and pay the fee again.