If you’re curious to see the text of the proposed federal noncompete bills, you can start with the Ensure Vaccine Mandates Eliminate Non-Competes Act, which is now available. And, Rhode Island proposed a total ban of all noncompetes.
Newly updated criminal penalties for a violation of noncompete law are not enough for Colorado — or maybe they’re too much. Colorado has made sweeping changes to its noncompete law, while scaling back (or at least cleared up ambiguity around) potential criminal liability for using unenforceable noncompetes.