BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6299

SB 6299: Employees/digital technology

Protecting employee rights in the workplace with regards to the use of digital technology.

Summary

Makes it unlawful for any employer to use a replica of an employee's voice or likeness without the employee's explicit consent for a specific use within 30 days prior to the use or to utilize artificial intelligence or generative artificial intelligence to evaluate or make employment decisions regarding current employees without written disclosure at the time of the employee's initial hire, or within 30 calendar days of the employer starting to use such technology.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6299), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

AN ACT Relating to protecting employee rights in the workplace with regards to the use of digital technology;

No recorded floor votes.

Feb 15, 2024Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 6299)
Feb 15, 2024Senate Rules "X" file.
Jan 31, 2024Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 6299)
Jan 31, 2024Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Jan 30, 2024LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6299)
Jan 30, 2024Minority; do not pass. (SSB 6299)
Jan 30, 2024Minority; do not pass.
Jan 30, 2024LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 24, 2024First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

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

SB 6299 (2025–26) AI & K-12 instruction · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6299 (2019–20) Zoological facilities B&O tx · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6299 (2017–18) RTA tax nullification · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6299 (2015–16) Transport. drafting error · Enacted · Chapter 32, Laws of 2016
SB 6299 (2013–14) Prenatal nutrition education · Enacted · Chapter 38, Laws of 2014
SB 6299 (2011–12) Insurance premium tax credit · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6299 (2009–10) Animal inspection · Enacted · Chapter 66, Laws of 2010
SB 6299 (2007–08) Beekeeper tax exemptions · Did not pass · died in committee