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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed a bill (HB 2303) prohibiting companies from requiring their workers to get microchip implants. The new law allows workers to bring civil lawsuits against employers who require them to do so.
There haven’t been any reports of the practice in Washington, but a company in Wisconsin offered implants to its employees in 2017. And as of last year, over 50,000 people around the world had been “chipped,” according to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.
Laws similar to Washington’s have been enacted in at least a dozen other states. Nevada’s prohibits workers from even voluntarily being microchipped, while Alabama’s makes violations a felony. (WASHINGTON STANDARD)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK