AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT ACT
Summary
Prohibits noncompete agreements except for noncompete agreements between a seller and buyer of a business; creates civil action for an employer for the violation of an agreement by employee regarding disclosure or wrongful utilization of trade secrets.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 16, 2026
Last action Apr 1, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Mar 31, 2026
How they voted
30–4
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
Mar 31, 2026
D
Democratic32
93% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Apr 1, 2026
Committee
04/01/2026 Referred to House Labor
lower
Mar 31, 2026
Upper · Passed
03/31/2026 Senate read and passed
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Legislature · Passed
03/26/2026 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 12, 2026
Committee
03/12/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 16, 2026
Introduced
01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Matt LaMountain
DDemocratic
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