Sen. Wellman urges privacy protections for home-care providers and raises concerns about Save Act, AI and reproductive care

Sen. Wellman addressed the commission about several bills and policy areas she plans to pursue or is monitoring, urging the Washington State Women's Commission to consider public statements on key issues for women. She said she intends to run a bill to protect the privacy of home-care and in-home child-care providers by preventing addresses and phone numbers from being posted publicly.

"This would protect their privacy, their addresses and phone numbers from being posted and public," Sen. Wellman said, characterizing the measure as targeted to providers who operate from their homes. She also flagged concern about the "SAVE Act," which she said contains voting-related provisions that could create burdens for married women seeking to prove identity, and urged the commission to consider public messaging on reproductive care and trans-youth protections.

Wellman described AI as an increasingly important policy area for women and educators and raised questions about how law and regulation should distinguish AI systems from humans in contexts such as chatbots and medical advice. She said the commission could play a role in tracking and supporting legislation that protects workers and students as AI becomes more prevalent.