---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to noncompete agreements for low-wage employees."
description: "relative to noncompete agreements for low-wage employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 197"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 197 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b26033bb-fa44-4a76-b5ea-49135c710ef5"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0486&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "36e959ba76b823717bfda4fd0cfb95f1d89a2fca900aca75e17f2865ad6e7a65"
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-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire SB 197 (2019) — relative to noncompete agreements for low-wage employees.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1598h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1598h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing: 02/12/2019, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 10
- **2019-02-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/21/2019; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/21/2019; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 11 P. 70 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** ==TIME CHANGE== Public Hearing: 04/03/2019 02:00 pm LOB 307
- **2019-04-10** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/17/2019 02:30 pm LOB 307
- **2019-04-24** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/01/2019 10:30 am LOB 307
- **2019-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1598h for 05/08/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 23 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Removed from Consent (Rep. Sullivan) 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 2
- **2019-05-08** Amendment # 2019-1598h: AF VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 97
- **2019-05-08** FLAM # 2019-1839h (Rep. Sullivan): AA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 97
- **2019-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1839h: MA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 97 `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Sen. Cavanaugh Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled (In recess 06/13/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 18
- **2019-07-15** Signed by the Governor on 07/10/2019; Chapter 201; Effective 09/08/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b26033bb-fa44-4a76-b5ea-49135c710ef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).