US Congress Senate Bill 2215 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on July 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Makes it unlawful for any entity to enter into a restrictive employment agreement, or to enforce or threaten to enforce a restrictive employment agreement. A "restrictive employment agreement" is any agreement between two or more employers that prohibits or restricts one employer from soliciting or hiring another employer's employees or former employees. Any employer that has in effect a franchise agreement that includes a restrictive employment agreement that was entered into before enactment of this bill must amend the franchise agreement to remove such agreement. The bill allows aggrieved individuals to bring a civil action for actual and punitive damages, plus attorney's fees, against an entity that enters into, or threatens to enforce, or fails to remove, a restrictive employment agreement. The bill grants the Federal Trade Commission the power to enforce the requirements of this bill.

End Employer Collusion Act

Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB3920 (Related) 2019-08-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2215/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2215/BILLS-116s2215is.pdf