HB 1155 — Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-13
AN ACT Relating to encouraging competition and economic growth by prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements;
Latest action: 2026-02-10 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
Sponsors
- Berry, Liz (D, WA-36) — sponsor · 2025-01-13
- Walen, Amy (D, WA-48) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Ramel, Alex (D, WA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Reed, Julia (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Ryu, Cindy (D, WA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Alvarado, Emily (D, WA-34) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Mena, Sharlett (D, WA-29) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Macri, Nicole (D, WA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Farivar, Darya (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Fosse, Mary (D, WA-38) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Simmons, Tarra (D, WA-23) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Peterson, Strom (D, WA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Goodman, Roger (D, WA-45) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Pollet, Gerry (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Kloba, Shelley (D, WA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Ormsby, Timm (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Salahuddin, Osman (D, WA-48) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
- Hill, Natasha (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2025-01-13
Action timeline
- · house — Prefiled for introduction.
- · house — First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
- · house — LAWS - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · house — Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · house — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- · house — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · house — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · house — Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 4.
- · house — First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
- · house — LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- · house — Minority; do not pass.
- · house — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · house — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · house — Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · house — House concurred in Senate amendments.
- · house — Passed final passage; yeas, 62; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 3.
- · house — Speaker signed.
- · house — President signed.
- · house — Delivered to Governor.
- · house — Governor signed.
- · house — Chapter 149, 2026 Laws.
- · house — Effective date 6/30/2027.
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (18)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-13 | Berry, Liz | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Farivar, Darya | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Fosse, Mary | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Goodman, Roger | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Hill, Natasha | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Kloba, Shelley | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Macri, Nicole | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Mena, Sharlett | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Ormsby, Timm | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Peterson, Strom | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Pollet, Gerry | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Ramel, Alex | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Reed, Julia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Ryu, Cindy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Salahuddin, Osman | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Simmons, Tarra | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Walen, Amy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-13 | Alvarado, Emily | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berry, Liz (D, state_lower WA-36) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Alvarado, Emily (D, state_upper WA-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Farivar, Darya (D, state_lower WA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Fosse, Mary (D, state_lower WA-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Goodman, Roger (D, state_lower WA-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Hill, Natasha (D, state_lower WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Kloba, Shelley (D, state_lower WA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Macri, Nicole (D, state_lower WA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Mena, Sharlett (D, state_lower WA-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Ormsby, Timm (D, state_lower WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Peterson, Strom (D, state_lower WA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Pollet, Gerry (D, state_lower WA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Ramel, Alex (D, state_lower WA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Reed, Julia (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Ryu, Cindy (D, state_lower WA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Salahuddin, Osman (D, state_lower WA-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Simmons, Tarra (D, state_lower WA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Walen, Amy (D, state_lower WA-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Mena, Sharlett (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Walen, Amy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Farivar, Darya (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Ramel, Alex (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Alvarado, Emily (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · sponsored by Berry, Liz (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Macri, Nicole (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Reed, Julia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Kloba, Shelley (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Salahuddin, Osman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Hill, Natasha (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Fosse, Mary (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Goodman, Roger (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Ormsby, Timm (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Ryu, Cindy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Peterson, Strom (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Simmons, Tarra (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-13 · cosponsored by Pollet, Gerry (cosponsor) · sponsorship