Virginia House Bill 794 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-12 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Nonsolicitation agreements. Establishes five requirements for a valid and enforceable nonsolicitation agreement between an employer and an employee, including a requirement that the restrictions imposed by the agreement are protective of the employer's legitimate business interest. The requirements do not apply to nonsolicitation agreements between an employer and an employee who owned greater than five percent of the ownership interests of the employing business entity. Absent an agreement to the contrary, the solicitation activities that are restrained, prohibited, or otherwise restricted by a nonsolicitation agreement shall not be increased or expanded as a result of the employer being acquired by merging with another business entity. The measure requires courts in actions seeking enforcement of, or challenging the enforceability of, a nonsolicitation agreement to award attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party. The measure does not apply in proceedings to determine the enforceability of agreements entered into prior to July 1, 2014.

Employment; nonsolicitation agreements between employers and employees.

Del. James LeMunyon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-12	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2014-01-15	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2014-01-10	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2014-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103250D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	28.7:5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB794
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB794+hil