Prohibiting employers from entering into noncompete agreements with low-wage employees

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2020
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2020
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 19, 2020
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill prohibits an employer from requiring a low-wage employee to enter into a noncompete agreement. The bill provides that such agreements entered into between an employer and a low-wage employee on or after the effective date of the bill shall be void and unenforceable. The bill defines a “low-wage employee” as an employee who earns an hourly wage that is less than or equal to 200 percent of the federal minimum wage. The bill defines “noncompete agreement” as an agreement between an employer and a low-wage employee that restricts the low-wage employee from performing work for a different employer for a specified period of time, work in a specified geographical area, or work for a different employer that is similar to the low-wage employee’s work for the employer who is a party to the agreement.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named January 15, 2020 (as SSB 3023). On February 17, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.

• Sen. Jason Schultz REmail
• Sen. Jim Carlin R
• Sen. Todd E. Taylor D

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