Say no to age verification in Washington state -- tell legislators not to follow Texas' lead!

[waprivacy@pnw.zone]

Say no to age verification in Washington state -- tell legislators not to follow Texas' lead!

If you're a Washington resident, here's an action to oppose HB 2112, which had a hearing last week. It's got a suggested script, talking points you can use if you want to extend the script or write your own, and an easy way to contact your legislators by email

https://www.takeaction.network/xactions/46385

#ageVerification #lgbtqia2s #privacy

[waprivacy@pnw.zone]

Here's a video of the hearing on HB 2112. CW: discussions of suicide

https://tvw.org/video/house-consumer-protection-business-2026011219/?eventID=2026011219

If you only have a few minutes skip ahead to the panel starting at about 1:13:20 including Oliver Miska of Lavender Rights Project and Danni Askini of Gender Justice League, If you've got a little more time, it starts with a short description of the bill with some highlights from the House Bill Analysis at https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/House/2112%20HBA%20CPB%2026.pdf?q=20260124213950

#lgbtqia2s #lgbtq

[waprivacy@pnw.zone]

There are other highlights in my live-skeeting at https://blacksky.community/profile/wa-privacy.net/post/3mckgkpimb22d (it only shows about 10 posts at a time; click on the "read 1 reply" to show the next batch)

You can see a single-thread version at https://tbsky.app/profile/wa-privacy.net/post/3mckgkpimb22d (it takes a while to load, sorry).

[waprivacy@pnw.zone]

My testimony, and some followup mail I sent to the committee, is at https://privacy.thenexus.today/waleg-2026/

Here's the text of the bill, also known as "Keep Our Children Safe Act" https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/House/2112%20HBA%20CPB%2026.pdf?q=20260124213950

[waprivacy@pnw.zone]

And here's the action again -- even if you're not a Washington resident, some of the links in the Additional Information section might be interesting.

https://www.takeaction.network/xactions/46385

[waprivacy@pnw.zone]

And if you're a Washington resident who opposes age verification, here's another action you can take: sign in OTHER to an Appropriations hearing on HB 1834, the child safety bill AG Brown has been doing some great Instgram reals on. Signing in for a hearing states your position on the bill, and the action describes why we're suggesting signing in Other in this case.

It needs to be done by Monday at 3:00 pm (an hour before the hearing starts)

https://www.takeaction.network/xactions/46462

[waprivacy@pnw.zone]

And if you're a Washington resident, please don't forget the ALPR bill regulating Flock and other so-called "licence plate readers". https://pnw.zone/@waprivacy/115946070135633531

[waprivacy@pnw.zone]

Also my apologies to the people who boosted this post right away, I made several edits which may well have led to rapid-fire notifiations. Sorry about that!

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