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IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
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Passed HouseApr 23, 2025
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Passed SenateApr 24, 2025
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Signed into Law
Employment Agreements; Provides that certain covered garden leave agreements are not restraint of trade or attempt to monopolize trade or commerce; requires court to enter preliminary injunction to stop covered employees, businesses, entities, or individuals if breach of covered garden leave agreement is alleged; provides that certain covered noncompete agreements are not restraint of trade or attempt to monopolize trade or commerce; requires court to enter preliminary injunction to stop covered employees, businesses, entities, or individuals if breach of covered noncompete agreement is alleged.
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House • Apr 24, 2025: Ordered enrolled
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Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 1219
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Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Commerce Committeeprimary
- Judiciary Committeeprimary
- Industries & Professional Activities Subcommitteeprimary
- Kosterprimary
Votes
YES: 91
- Abbott
- Dunkley
- Nix
- Albert
- Alvarez, D.
- Oliver
- Alvarez, J.
- Esposito
- Overdorf
- Anderson
- Fabricio
- Owen
- Andrade
- Partington
- Perez
- Aristide
- Garrison
- Persons-Mulicka
- Baker
- Gentry
- Plakon
- Bankson
- Gerwig
- Barnaby
- Giallombardo
- Porras
- Bartleman
- Gonzalez Pittman
- Basabe
- Gossett-Seidman
- Redondo
- Benarroch
- Gottlieb
- Rizo
- Berfield
- Greco
- Black
- Griffitts
- Robinson, W.
- Blanco
- Grow
- Rosenwald
- Booth
- Salzman
- Borrero
- Sapp
- Botana
- Shoaf
- Brackett
- Sirois
- Brannan
- Jacques
- Smith
- Buchanan
- Johnson
- Snyder
- Busatta
- Kendall
- Stark
- Canady
- Kincart Jonsson
- Steele
- Caruso
- Koster
- Casello
- LaMarca
- Cassel
- Chamberlin
- Lopez, V.
- Tomkow
- Chambliss
- Maggard
- Trabulsy
- Chaney
- Maney
- Tramont
- Cobb
- Mayfield
- Tuck
- Conerly
- McClure
- Valdés
- McFarland
- Weinberger
- Melo
- Daniels
- Michael
- Yarkosky
- Miller
- Duggan
- Mooney
NO: 21
Actions
- Apr 24, 2025 | House
- In Messages
- Ordered enrolled
- Apr 24, 2025 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Rules
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 922
- Read 2nd time
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 28 NAYS 9
- Apr 23, 2025 | Senate
- In Messages
- Referred to Rules
- Received
- Apr 23, 2025 | House
- Read 2nd time
- Placed on 3rd reading
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 91, NAYS 21
- Apr 17, 2025 | House
- Bill referred to House Calendar
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025)
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
- Apr 16, 2025 | House
- Reported out of Commerce Committee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- Apr 15, 2025 | House
- Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
- Apr 11, 2025 | House
- Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- Apr 03, 2025 | House
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Now in Commerce Committee
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- Apr 02, 2025 | House
- Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
- Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- Mar 31, 2025 | House
- Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- Mar 21, 2025 | House
- Referred to Judiciary Committee
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Now in Judiciary Committee
- Mar 20, 2025 | House
- Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- Mar 19, 2025 | House
- Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Mar 17, 2025 | House
- PCS added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
- Mar 05, 2025 | House
- Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Referred to Judiciary Committee
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Mar 04, 2025 | House
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- Feb 26, 2025 | House
- Filed
Bill Texts
- H 1219 FiledPDF
- H 1219 c1PDF
- H 1219 c2PDF
- H 1219 c3PDF
- H 1219 erPDF
- Committee Amendment 627359 (Adopted 4/2/2025) -- KosterPDF
- Committee Strike All Amendment 963783 (Adopted without Objection 4/16/2025) -- KosterPDF
- Committee Amendment to Amendment 693209 (Adopted without Objection 4/16/2025) -- EspositoPDF