The Digester

Washington advances bill to bar employers from microchipping workers

Mar 1st 2026

The measure would forbid employers from requiring or pressuring employees to implant subdermal microchips, includes medical exceptions, and is a preemptive response since no known U.S. cases of forced workplace microchipping exist.

  • HB 2303, sponsored by Rep. Brianna Thomas, passed the state House and is moving through the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee.