WA HB1672

Employers must provide employees at least 15 calendar days advance notice before implementing electronic monitoring, detailing the specific technology used, purpose, data retention period, and who has access to collected data

Electronic monitoring is prohibited in bathrooms, locker rooms, breakrooms, lactation rooms, and employees' personal residences or vehicles; monitoring of off-duty workers and use of facial, gait, or emotion recognition technology is banned

Automated decision systems cannot be the sole basis for employment-related decisions on hiring, discipline, promotion, or termination; human oversight must corroborate any algorithmic outputs used in such decisions

Employers must complete written impact assessments before deploying automated decision systems, evaluating risks of discrimination, errors, privacy harm, and negative effects on employee well-being and compensation

The Department of Labor and Industries enforces the law with civil penalties ranging from $1,000 for first violations up to $10,000 for repeat violations; the law takes effect July 1, 2026