prohibit certain restrictions in employment contracts.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
Signed into Law
Mar 2023
Introduced Jan 30, 2023
Signed Mar 27, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 7, 2023 · House Mar 7, 2023
How they voted
30–2
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Mar 7, 2023
D
Democratic4
100% Yea
R
Republican29
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
12
Committee
7
Amendments
3
Mar 27, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.J. 544
executive
Mar 9, 2023
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President S.J. 490
upper
Mar 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 515
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 453
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Upper · Passed
House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 9 H.J. 502
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (30-2-1)
senate
Mar 6, 2023
Introduced
Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 Amendment 1185H
upper
Mar 1, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Conference Committee appointments S.J. 397
upper
Feb 27, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 360
upper
Feb 27, 2023
Introduced
Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 359 Amendment 1185F
upper
Feb 24, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 338
upper
Feb 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1 S.J. 38
upper
Feb 8, 2023
Introduced
First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 226
upper
Feb 7, 2023
Lower · Passed
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 5 H.J. 250
lower
Feb 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2
lower
Feb 3, 2023
Introduced
Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1185D
lower
Jan 30, 2023
Introduced
First read in House and referred to H.J. 170
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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