Re: California can now issue vital records using Verifiable credentials

👍 congratulations!

> Am 29.09.2022 um 18:53 schrieb Harrison <harrison@spokeo.com>:
> 
> 👏🎉
> 
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 9:37 AM Kerri Lemoie <klemoie@mit.edu <mailto:klemoie@mit.edu>> wrote:
> Amazing!! Great work all!
> 
> K.
> 
>> On Sep 29, 2022, at 11:51 AM, Kaliya Identity Woman <kaliya@identitywoman.net <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto:daniel@goldscheider.com>> wrote:
>> Awesome work Kaliya!
>> 
>>> On 29 Sep 2022, at 16:21, Daniel Buchner <dbuchner@squareup.com <mailto:dbuchner@squareup.com>> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> 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 <mailto: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 <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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