21 States with 60 Pending Noncompete Bills: Nevada

If you’ve been following along, you know that there have been 65 noncompete bills in 25 states so far this year1 — excluding the two pending federal noncompete billsD.C.’s new law to ban most noncompetes, and any proposed bills that may be circulating, but have not yet been filed. Five bills (one in each of five states2) have died — leaving the current tally at 60 noncompete bills still pending in 21 states. The 21 states are Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, and West Virginia.

In this series, we are providing details on all pending bills (and any new ones that are filed) — and we will be simultaneously updating our Changing Trade Secrets | Noncompete Laws page. Note that the summaries are (sort-of) color coded for the nature of the bill (ban, modification or establishment of standards, reversal of prior changes) and the groups for whom it creates exceptions or specific limitations (medical, low-wage workers, others).

Up today: Nevada.

Nevada has one pending bill, which, in relevant part, is as follows:

The bill is pending before the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee.

 

Next up: New Hampshire

 

And, remember, if you want to see a summary of the current noncompete law in any state (and D.C.), please refer to our 50-state noncompete chart, which is updated on a continual basis, as the laws change.

*A huge thank you to Erika Hahn for all of her extraordinary help in tracking and monitoring all of the bills. Photo credit: tookapic.

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[1] The 25 states are: Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.

[2] The five states are: Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, Virginia, and Utah.