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HB2650 • 2026

Requiring that noncompete agreements be reasonable and providing that such agreements are null and void upon the sale or change in ownership or control of an employer.

Requiring that noncompete agreements be reasonable and providing that such agreements are null and void upon the sale or change in ownership or control of an employer.

Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
Died in Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requiring that noncompete agreements be reasonable and providing that such agreements are null and void upon the sale or change in ownership or control of an employer.

Requiring that noncompete agreements be reasonable and providing that such agreements are null and void upon the sale or change in ownership or control of an employer.

What This Bill Does

  • Requiring that noncompete agreements be reasonable and providing that such agreements are null and void upon the sale or change in ownership or control of an employer.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 House

    Died in Committee

  2. 2026-02-03 House

    Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

  3. 2026-02-03 House

    Introduced

Official Summary Text

Requiring that noncompete agreements be reasonable and providing that such agreements are null and void upon the sale or change in ownership or control of an employer.

Current Bill Text

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Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2650
By Representative Howe
2-3
AN ACT concerning noncompete agreements; requiring that such
agreements be reasonable; providing that such agreements are null and
void upon the sale or change in ownership or control of an employer.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. An agreement by an employee or partner not to compete
with such employee's or partner's employer, principal or partnership during
the term of the employment, agency or partnership, or after the termination
of such employment, agency or partnership, within a specified territory
and during a specified time shall be lawful and enforceable only if the
restrictions imposed are reasonably necessary for the protection of the
employer, principal or partnership.
Sec. 2. An agreement by an employee or partner not to compete with
such employee or partner's employer, principal or partnership shall be null
and void and unenforceable upon the sale of the employing business entity
or partnership or change in majority ownership or control of such business
entity or partnership.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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