This is fantastic news, and is an excellent model for moving things forward on the regulatory side of things. Mike Prorock mesur.io On Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 11:54 Kaliya Identity Woman <kaliya@identitywoman.net> wrote: > Thank you to all the companies that contributed to support it happening. > > Mattr > Block > IOHK > Lumedic > Symsoft Solutions > IDMachines > > Our lobbyist Jamie Minor of Niemela Pappas &. Associates > and Ally Medina who headed the Blockchain Advocacy Coalition for most of > the time and believed in our vision to get some legislation specifically > about verifiable credentials passed. > > It goes to show that when a small group gets together and focuses along > with the right knowledge to navigate the political system good things can > happen. > > I hope we can learn from this and work together in other jurisdictions. > > - Kaliya > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 8:25 AM Shawn Butterfield < > sbutterfield@salesforce.com> wrote: > >> Congrats, Kaliya! This is exciting :) >> >> Butters @ Salesforce | Software Architect >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 8:24 AM Daniel Goldscheider < >> daniel@goldscheider.com> wrote: >> >>> Awesome work Kaliya! >>> >>> On 29 Sep 2022, at 16:21, Daniel Buchner <dbuchner@squareup.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Wow, this is awesome, thank you for everything you did to help make this >>> happen, Kaliya. >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 8:18 AM Kaliya Identity Woman < >>> kaliya@identitywoman.net> wrote: >>> >>>> HI Folks, >>>> I wanted to report good news from the Verifiable Credentials Policy >>>> Committee that I have chaired for the two years here in California (it sits >>>> under the Blockchain Advocacy Coalition). >>>> >>>> SB 786 was signed by the Governor yesterday so it is now law. >>>> It amends the vital records act to say counties can issue vital records >>>> ad verifiable credentials. >>>> You can see the text here: >>>> >>>> https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB786#93ENR >>>> >>>> Hopefully other states will take note and follow suit. >>>> -Kaliya >>>> >>>
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