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Senate passes tenth substitute of House Bill 251, limits post‑employment noncompete covenants
Summary
After extended debate and a late amendment carving out retroactivity, the Utah Senate passed the tenth substitute of House Bill 251, which narrows enforceability of post‑employment restrictive covenants and sets a one‑year default limit for new agreements entered after 05/10/2016.
The Utah Senate voted to pass the tenth substitute of House Bill 2 51, a measure revising post‑employment restrictive covenant law, after hours of debate and adoption of an amendment clarifying the bill will not apply retroactively.
Sponsor Senator Adams moved final passage of the tenth substitute as amended, and Senator Weiler described Amendment 1 — adopted on the floor — as a clarification that the changes apply only to post‑employment restricted covenants…
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