Caldwell's office responded: 'Senator Caldwell remains committed to this effort and is pursuing it through the appropriations process rather than a standalone hearing.' Kept Word records the original commitment as a Judiciary hearing; outcome is classified BROKEN on that basis.

Each verdict on Kept Word carries the same hash-chain provenance model as TruthMark: a cryptographic receipt is generated when a verdict is published, chaining the promise text, evidence URLs, verdict classification, and dissent log into a tamper-evident record. This means no verdict can be quietly revised — any change creates a new record with a new hash, and the prior version remains permanently auditable. What is a hash chain?why?