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Heated testimony as Senate committee hears ban on noncompete agreements
Summary
House Bill 1155 would void noncompete covenants statewide; testimony split between labor and healthcare/industry groups over workforce mobility, patient continuity, and protections for employer investments.
The Senate Labor & Commerce Committee heard testimony Feb. 25 on engrossed substitute House Bill 11-55, a proposal to make noncompete covenants void and unenforceable statewide.
Committee staff summarized the bill. Under HB 1155 noncompete covenants would be void regardless of when they were entered into or the worker's earnings level; the bill expands the definition of covered covenants, preserves private causes of action and Attorney General authority, and includes limited exceptions such as agreements where an employer pays an employee's educational…
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