BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

HB 1305: Employment information

Limiting liability for information provided by former or current employers to prospective employers.

Summary

Provides that an employer who discloses information about a former or current employee's job performance, conduct, or other work-related information to a prospective employer, or employment agency as defined by RCW 49.60.040, at the specific request of that individual employer or employment agency, is presumed to be acting in good faith and is immune from civil liability for such disclosure or its consequences.

From the Bill Digest (HB 1305), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to information provided by former or current employers to prospective employers;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 1305 (2025–26) Property owners/projects · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1305 (2023–24) Students with disabilities · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1305 (2021–22) Right to refuse vaccines · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1305 (2019–20) Notices of disqualification · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1305 (2017–18) Unlawful entry · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1305 (2015–16) Therapeutic courts · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1305 (2013–14) Vehicle prowling · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1305 (2011–12) St. officials/contributions · Did not pass · died in committee