Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB1326 Compare Versions

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11 FIRSTREGULARSESSION
22 HOUSEBILLNO.1326
33 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
44 INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEFOGLE.
55 1453H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
66 ANACT
77 Toamendchapter431,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtocovenantsnotto
88 compete.
99 BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
1010 SectionA.Chapter431,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
1111 2knownassection431.203,toreadasfollows:
1212 431.203.1.Forpurposesofthissection,"covenantnottocompete"meansan
1313 2agreement,understanding,contract,orcontractualterminwhichanemployeeor
1414 3prospectiveemployeeagreesnottocompeteagainstanemployerorprospective
1515 4employeroragreesnottoacceptanypositionswithacompetitorofanemployeror
1616 5prospectiveemployerfollowingtheterminationofabusinessoremployment
1717 6relationshipbetweentheemployeeorprospectiveemployeeandtheemployeror
1818 7prospectiveemployer.Acovenantnottocompetemay,butneednot,containtime-based
1919 8orgeographiclimitations.
2020 9 2.Notwithstandinganyprovisionofsection431.202oranyotherprovisionof
2121 10lawtothecontrary,acovenantnottocompeteshallbevoidandunenforceabletothe
2222 11extentthatitappliestoanemploymentarrangementwhereinanemployeeisorwould
2323 12bepaidhourlywages.
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2525 EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
2626 intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage.