ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2303
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By House Labor & Workplace Standards (originally sponsored by Representatives Thomas, Parshley, Berry, Reed, Ramel, Obras, Street, Wylie, Taylor, Duerr, Kloba, Scott, Morgan, Ryu, Doglio, Gregerson, Ormsby, Goodman, Reeves, Macri, Fosse, Bergquist, Cortes, Hill, and Bernbaum)
READ FIRST TIME 01/27/26.
AN ACT Relating to prohibiting employers from microchipping employees; adding a new section to chapter 49.44 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds and declares that individual liberty and bodily autonomy are fundamental rights protected by the United States Constitution and the Washington Constitution. Employers should not have the authority to require or coerce invasive procedures as a condition of employment. Technological advances have made it possible to implant microchips and other tracking devices into the human body; however, without clear legal safeguards, such practices threaten personal privacy, individual dignity, and freedom of choice in the workplace.
(2) It is the intent of the legislature to protect employees and job applicants from any form of compelled implantation of microchips or similar technology by employers. Nothing in this act is intended to limit medically necessary implants or devices that are implanted for a legitimate health care purpose and with a patient's voluntary, informed consent.