---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting nondisclosure and nondisparagement provisions from employers regarding illegal acts of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations, and sexual assault."
description: "Prohibiting nondisclosure and nondisparagement provisions from employers regarding illegal acts of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations, and sexual assault."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1795"
citation: "Washington HB 1795 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "HARASSMENT", "LABOR", "SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "WAGES AND HOURS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berry"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0915aef-9012-4a45-ab26-c303e11ce739"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1795&year=2021"
source_hash: "4c4426f260cfa9b78732f195c958d7d3d8cc2f377851a95ea6ba012ec4622ba1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 1795 (2021-2022) — Prohibiting nondisclosure and nondisparagement provisions from employers regarding illegal acts of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations, and sexual assault.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1795.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1795-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1795-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **56–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berry — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** LCTA - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 133, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-18T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM
- **2022-01-26T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-17T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-23T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0915aef-9012-4a45-ab26-c303e11ce739`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).