BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 2144

HB 2144: Employee monitoring notices

Requiring notices to employees when electronic monitoring is used to assist employers conducting performance evaluations.

Summary

Requires employers to provide written notice to employees if the employer uses electronic monitoring, including artificial intelligence, to assist the employer in performance evaluations.
Allows an employee to file a complaint with the Department of Labor and Industries and establishes civil penalties for willful violations.
Creates a private cause of action and allows for statutory damages.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2144), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to requiring notices to employees when electronic monitoring is used to assist employers conducting performance evaluations;

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

Jan 30, 2026Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 2144)
Jan 30, 2026Referred to Appropriations.
Jan 28, 2026LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 2144)
Jan 28, 2026Minority; do not pass. (SHB 2144)
Jan 28, 2026LAWS - Executive action taken by committee.
Jan 28, 2026Minority; do not pass.
Jan 28, 2026LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 12, 2026First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
Dec 15, 2025Prefiled for introduction.

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

HB 2144 (2023–24) Beverage deposit return prg. · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2144 (2019–20) LEOFF 2 benefit funding · Enacted · Chapter 366, Laws of 2019
HB 2144 (2017–18) Taxation of vapor products · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2144 (2015–16) Tacoma Narrows bridge tolls · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2144 (2013–14) Marijuana excise tax revenue · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2144 (2011–12) Offender release · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2144 (2009–10) Employ/minimum wage purposes · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2144 (2007–08) Legislature · Did not pass · died in committee