---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT ACT (Creates a comprehensive statutory scheme to address all aspects of noncompetition agreements.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT ACT (Creates a comprehensive statutory scheme to address all aspects of noncompetition agreements.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6019"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6019 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-04-24"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5abdb662-62a0-4d21-9493-b55bd90e539a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "fb35e089b374c62da5b05fc58ec0d08fa9b78994048af9f3055e16dda27ecaa1"
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-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island HB 6019 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT ACT (Creates a comprehensive statutory scheme to address all aspects of noncompetition agreements.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6019 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6019A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2019)
- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5abdb662-62a0-4d21-9493-b55bd90e539a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).