ESSB 5778: Protecting the rights of workers to refrain from attending meetings or listening to their employer's speech on political or religious matters.
Signed into law: Chapter 357, Laws of 2024
- Sponsor
- Keiser
- Introduced
- January 8, 2024
- Status
- C 357 L 24
- Last action
- Effective date 6/6/2024. (March 28, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:03 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Prohibits an employer from taking adverse action against an employee for refusal to attend or participate in an employer-sponsored meeting or refusal to listen to speech, the primary purpose of which is to communicate the employer's opinion concerning religious or political matters.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 29, 202455 yea · 41 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 7, 202428 yea · 20 nay · 1 not voting
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