BILL · 2017–18 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6522

SB 6522: Work restrictions

Limiting noncompetition agreements.

Summary

Establishes the conditions in which a noncompetition agreement is enforceable and makes certain types of noncompetition agreements void and unenforceable.
Creates a presumption that an agreement not to compete for one year or longer is void and unenforceable.
Provides that attempts to enforce an unenforceable or partially enforceable noncompetition agreement is a violation of the Consumer Protection Act.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to protecting workers from work restrictions;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Feb 2, 2018Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 6522)
Feb 2, 2018Referred to Ways & Means.
Feb 1, 2018LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6522)
Feb 1, 2018And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 6522)
Feb 1, 2018Minority; do not pass. (SSB 6522)
Feb 1, 2018Minority; do not pass.
Feb 1, 2018And refer to Ways & Means.
Feb 1, 2018LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 22, 2018First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 6522 (2019–20) Courts/arrests · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6522 (2015–16) Employment agencies · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6522 (2013–14) Structured settlements/info · Enacted · Chapter 142, Laws of 2014
SB 6522 (2011–12) Archives and records mgmt · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6522 (2009–10) Accountable care projects · Enacted · Chapter 220, Laws of 2010
SB 6522 (2007–08) Child care directors/workers · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6522 (2005–06) Out-of-state political comm · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6522 (2003–04) County commissioners · Did not pass · died in committee