---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting employers from microchipping employees."
description: "Prohibiting employers from microchipping employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2303"
citation: "Washington HB 2303 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a715743b-8554-4f09-8dc7-3d93dab6e7c1"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2303&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "64d6a087d199f252192f9cc28da6ef67bc7b0cca8f486f6e0e71cfed9102ece2"
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 2303 (2025-2026) — Prohibiting employers from microchipping employees.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2303.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2303-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2303-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2303-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **87–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 1720 Walsh Pg 1 Ln 5 (#4) — **71–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-23** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-14** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 87; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:45 AM.
- **2026-02-24** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-11** Chapter 25, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-11** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a715743b-8554-4f09-8dc7-3d93dab6e7c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).