Erin's Law public testimony is done.
Finance committee's changes returned the key parts of Erin's and Bree's Law - it's mandatory for schools, it's opt out for parents, no longer opt in. And it now covers K-12 again.
There are 27 sections of the bill that add in many of Sen. Dunleavy's wish list. But the worst of his amendments are gone - the prohibition on contracting with abortion providers, and some of the parental rights sections that undermined kids rights to access to this training.
The committee is going to recess and do some amending and are hoping to be back at 4:45 to look at amending this based on the testimony.
Testimony was overwhelmingly for adopting the original bill that was passed in the house. I didn't hear anyone deviate from that. There were personal stories from victims of abuse and from parents of abuse victims. There was testimony from people in the field of fighting abuse.
Things are in a much better state now.
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