Washington state wants to keep employers from microchipping workers, before anyone even gets the idea

It may not be a problem just yet, but this Washington state lawmaker is making sure your boss can’t make you get a microchip—unless, of course, you want to.

After reading about how Wisconsin became the first state in the country to pass a similar law in 2006, Washington Rep. Brianna Thomas introduced a bill last month to prevent any future employer from requiring its workers to get ‘chipped for the job.

“I actually read an article about the Arkansas bill, and the idea of bodily...