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Representative Nicholas backs bill to add franchise question to state filings
Summary
A sponsor told the Senate Finance Committee that bill 733 would require businesses filing with the Secretary of State to indicate whether they are part of a franchise and, if so, name their franchisor, in order to build a registry before pursuing regulation of franchise non‑compete practices.
Representative Nicholas asked the Senate Finance Committee on April 1 to approve a narrow change to business filings that would require a checkbox identifying franchise relationships and a text field naming the franchisor.
The bill, numbered 733, was pared back from broader franchise regulation to a single data‑collection question so the state can “start to build a database of businesses we know were franchises,” Nicholas said, explaining the measure grew out of House Commerce inquiries into non‑compete clauses affecting franchise owners. "We really don't know what businesses are franchises," he said, and the…
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