2SHB 1491 — Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles.

What this bill does

Prohibits employers from searching an employee's vehicle in the employer's parking areas. Provides for employee possession of their personal property in their vehicle, unless prohibited by law. Provides for investigations and potential civil penalties by the Department of Labor and Industries.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 2, 2023
  87 yea · 10 nay · 1 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 13, 2023
  95 yea · 1 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 11, 2023
  45 yea · 4 nay

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