---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Provisions - Application of Prohibition"
description: "Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Provisions - Application of Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 591"
citation: "Maryland SB 591 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39341fbe-da77-4325-8fcd-19dc9e7435cb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0591?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "456684501b1640d48b4efe6ff7d9b2a8c20564dc63eb431919ea69e0f7b121d1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 591 (2023) — Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Provisions - Application of Prohibition

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Provisions - Application of Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_266_sb0591t.pdf)
2. **First - Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Provisions - Application of Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0591f.pdf)
3. **Third - Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Provisions - Application of Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0591t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-08** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 266 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39341fbe-da77-4325-8fcd-19dc9e7435cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).