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State StatuteWashington: RCW 49.44.180

Washington

Retrieved from NHGRI

Jurisdiction
Washington
Status
Statute
NHGRI topic(s)
Employment Nondiscrimination
Record year or session
Date not stated in source label
NHGRI database updated
February 8, 2024
Snapshot retrieved
September 1, 2026 at 2:32 AM UTC
Source row
1159
Stable source ID
nhgri-03b25de8fcdbac7df220

NHGRI summary

A person, firm, corporation, or the state of Washington, its political subdivisions, or municipal corporations may not require any employee or prospective employee to submit genetic information or submit to screening for genetic information as a condition of employment or continued employment.

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Provenance

Courtesy: National Human Genome Research Institute. This source layer preserves the state, primary link, topic, bill status, and summary retrieved from NHGRI.