Protecting the rights of workers to refrain from attending meetings or listening to their employer's speech on political or religious matters.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Dec 4, 2023
Signed Mar 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2024 · House Feb 29, 2024
How they voted
27–20
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 48
Feb 7, 2024
D
Democratic28
92% Yea
R
Republican20
95% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
11
Committee
7
Mar 28, 2024
Signed into law
Governor signed.
executive
Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Feb 29, 2024
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (53-40-2)
house
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
LAWS - Majority; do pass.
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
lower
Feb 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
upper
Jan 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Minority; do not pass.
upper
Jan 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
upper
Jan 11, 2024
Upper · Passed
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
upper
1 primary · 21 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Karen Keiser
DDemocratic
Co
Annette Cleveland
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Hasegawa
DDemocratic
Co
Claire Wilson
DDemocratic
Co
Claudia Kauffman
DDemocratic
Co
Derek Stanford
DDemocratic
Co
Emily Randall
DDemocratic
Co
Javier Valdez
DDemocratic
Co
Jesse Salomon
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Nguyen
DDemocratic
Co
John Lovick
DDemocratic
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