SB 5437 — Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-22
AN ACT Relating to encouraging competition and economic growth by prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements;
Latest action: 2026-02-26 — Senate Rules "X" file.
Sponsors
- Stanford, Derek (D, WA-1) — sponsor · 2025-01-22
- Dhingra, Manka (D, WA-45) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Saldaña, Rebecca (D, WA-37) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Valdez, Javier (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Riccelli, Marcus (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Conway, Steve (D, WA-29) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Frame, Noel (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Hasegawa, Bob (D, WA-11) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Ramos, Bill (D, WA-5) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Shewmake, Sharon (D, WA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
Action timeline
- · senate — First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
- · senate — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- · senate — LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · senate — LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; do not pass.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Senate Rules "X" file.
- · senate — Senate Rules "X" file.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (11)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-22 | Conway, Steve | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-22 | Dhingra, Manka | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-22 | Frame, Noel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-22 | Hasegawa, Bob | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-22 | Nobles, T'wina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-22 | Ramos, Bill | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-22 | Riccelli, Marcus | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-22 | Saldaña, Rebecca | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-22 | Shewmake, Sharon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-22 | Stanford, Derek | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-22 | Valdez, Javier | 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 | Stanford, Derek (D, state_upper WA-1) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Conway, Steve (D, state_upper WA-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Dhingra, Manka (D, state_upper WA-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Frame, Noel (D, state_upper WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Hasegawa, Bob (D, state_upper WA-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Ramos, Bill (D, state_upper WA-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Riccelli, Marcus (D, state_upper WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Saldaña, Rebecca (D, state_upper WA-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Shewmake, Sharon (D, state_upper WA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Valdez, Javier (D, state_upper WA-46) | 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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- 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Frame, Noel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Saldaña, Rebecca (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Dhingra, Manka (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Riccelli, Marcus (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-22 · sponsored by Stanford, Derek (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Conway, Steve (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Shewmake, Sharon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Hasegawa, Bob (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Valdez, Javier (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Ramos, Bill (cosponsor) · sponsorship