Requiring notices to employees when electronic monitoring is used to assist employers conducting performance evaluations.

 H-3270.1

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2144

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By House Labor & Workplace Standards (originally sponsored by Representatives Parshley, Scott, Hill, Thomas, Reed, Berry, Duerr, Cortes, Peterson, Kloba, Donaghy, Macri, Bernbaum, Obras, Taylor, Fey, Fosse, Hall, Berg, Ramel, Wylie, Goodman, Stearns, Reeves, Pollet, Nance, Callan, Street, Ryu, Doglio, Simmons, Santos, Zahn, Bronoske, Stonier, Gregerson, Ormsby, Farivar, and Bergquist)

READ FIRST TIME 01/30/26.

AN ACT Relating to requiring notices to employees when electronic monitoring is used to assist employers conducting performance evaluations; adding a new chapter to Title 49 RCW; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) "Artificial intelligence" means an engineered or machine-based system that can, for a given set of objectives, generate outputs such as predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments. Artificial intelligence systems can be designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy.