Assembly Bill 903
Prohibitions on nondisparagement clauses in employment contracts
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 4, 2024
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a covenant by an employee or agent not to compete with his or her employer or principal during the term of the employment or agency, or after the termination of that employment or agency, within a specified territory and during a specified time (covenant not to compete) is lawful and enforceable if the restrictions imposed are reasonably necessary for the protection of the employer or principal. Currently, any covenant not to compete that imposes an unreasonable restraint on an employee or agent is illegal, void, and unenforceable even as to any part of the covenant that would be a reasonable restraint.
This bill provides that a provision in an employment contract that prohibits an employee or agent from disparaging an employer or principal after the termination of the employment or agency is illegal, void, and unenforceable.
Who's behind it
6 representatives are its . All 6 are Democrats.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 5, 2024
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 4, 2024
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment.
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Jan 4, 2024
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 4, 2024 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives J. Anderson, C. Anderson, Bare, Emerson, Madison and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senator L. Johnson
- Jan 4, 2024 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment
- Jan 5, 2024 · Assembly
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor