Re: California can now issue vital records using Verifiable credentials

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On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 9:37 AM Kerri Lemoie <klemoie@mit.edu> wrote:

> Amazing!! Great work all!
>
> K.
>
> On Sep 29, 2022, at 11:51 AM, 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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