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H2118 • 2025

An Act relative to noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth

An Act relative to noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth

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Sponsor
Kenneth I. Gordon
Last action
2026-03-16
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth

An Act relative to noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2118) of Kenneth I.
  • Gordon for legislation to ban noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth.
  • Labor and Workforce Development.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-16 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2026-03-16 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-03-16 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-02-19 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-11-17 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/17/2025 from 11:00 AM-12:20 PM in B-1 and Virtual Hearing date changed

  6. 2025-11-17 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/17/2025 from 11:00 AM-12:20 PM in B-1

  7. 2025-11-03 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/17/2025 from 11:00 AM-02:00 PM in B-1

  8. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Labor and Workforce Development

  9. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth
By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2118) of Kenneth I. Gordon for legislation to ban noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth. Labor and Workforce Development.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2118

SECTION 1. Section 24L of Chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 104 and 105, the words “provided that such consideration is specified in the noncompetition agreement” and inserting in place thereof the following: - “provided that such agreement is reasonably related to the requirements of the garden leave clause as set out in Section (i) of this subsection and provided further that such consideration is specified in the noncompetition agreement.”

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