SB 241

Mar 20, 2025 · House · Final Passage

Outcome: passed_amended

Yea: 101

Nay: 17

Absent: 7

AFL-CIO Key Vote: OPPOSE

Bill Makes Non-Solicitation Agreements Harder for Workers to Fight

SB 241 rewrites Kansas law to make employer non-solicitation agreements "conclusively presumed enforceable" against workers — with no income floor — flipping the burden so employees must hire a lawyer and go to court to challenge restrictions on where they can work. The bill also strips judges of the power to throw out overreaching agreements, instead requiring courts to save them by trimming them down, removing any incentive for employers to write fair contracts. The broad language covering anyone who "interferes with the employment relationship" could even be used to threaten former employees who help their old coworkers organize a union.

Vote Weight: 7x

Yea (101)

Name	Party	District
Adam Smith	R	120
Adam Turk	R	117
Allen Reavis	R	63
Angela Stiens	R	39
Angelina Roeser	R	67
Avery Anderson	R	72
Barbara Ballard	D	44
Barb Wasinger	R	111
Bill Rhiley	R	80
Bill Sutton	R	43
Blake Carpenter	R	81
Bob Lewis	R	123
Bradley Barrett	R	76
Brandon Woodard	D	108
Brett Fairchild	R	113
Brian Bergkamp	R	93
Carl Turner	R	28
Chip VanHouden	R	26
Chris Croft	R	8
Chuck Smith	R	3
Cindy Neighbor	D	18
Clarke Sanders	R	69
Cyndi Howerton	R	98
Dale Helwig	R	1
Dan Goddard	R	7
Daniel Hawkins	R	100
Dan Osman	D	48
David Buehler	R	40
Dawn Wolf	R	107
Duane Droge	R	13
Emil Bergquist	R	91
Francis Awerkamp	R	61
Fred Gardner	R	9
Gary White	R	115
Henry Helgerson	D	83
Jason W. Goetz	R	119
Jerry Stogsdill	D	21
Jesse Borjon	R	52
Jill Ward	R	105
Jim Minnix	R	118
Jo Ella Hoye	D	17
Joe Seiwert	R	101
John Alcala	D	57
John Resman	R	121
Ken Corbet	R	54
Kenneth Collins	R	2
Ken Rahjes	R	110
Kevin Schwertfeger	R	114
Kristey Williams	R	77
Kyle Hoffman	R	116
Kyle McNorton	R	50
Kyler Sweely	R	102
Lance W. Neelly	R	42
Laura Williams	R	30
Lauren Bohi	R	15
Leah Howell	R	82
Leo Delperdang	R	94
Lewis "Bill" Bloom	R	64
Lisa M. Moser	R	106
Lon Pishny	R	122
Mark Schreiber	R	60
Marty Long	R	124
Megan Steele	R	51
Mike Amyx	D	45
Mike King	R	74
Nathan Butler	R	68
Nick Hoheisel	R	97
Nikki McDonald	D	49
Pam Curtis	D	32
Pat Proctor	R	41
Patrick Penn	R	85
Paul Waggoner	R	104
Rebecca Schmoe	R	59
Representative Hill	R	113
Representative Thompson	R	37
Rick James	R	4
Rick Wilborn	R	73
Robyn R. Essex	R	78
Ron Bryce	R	11
Rui Xu	D	25
Sandy Pickert	R	88
Sean Tarwater	R	27
Sean Willcott	R	62
Shannon Francis	R	125
Shawn Chauncey	R	65
Sherri Brantley	R	112
Silas Miller	D	86
Stephanie Sawyer Clayton	D	19
Steve Huebert	R	90
Steven K. Howe	R	71
Susan Estes	R	87
Susan Humphries	R	99
Timothy Johnson	R	38
Tobias Schlingensiepen	D	55
Tom Kessler	R	96
Tom Sawyer	D	95
Troy Waymaster	R	109
Valdenia Winn	D	34
Virgil Weigel	D	56
Wanda Brownlee Paige	D	35
Will Carpenter	R	75

Nay (16)

Name	Party	District
Alexis Simmons	D	58
Angela Martinez	D	103
Brooklynne Mosley	D	46
Carrie Barth	R	5
Charlotte Esau	R	14
Ford Carr	D	84
Heather Meyer	D	29
Jarrod Ousley	D	24
John Carmichael	D	92
KC Ohaebosim	D	89
Linda Featherston	D	16
Lindsay Vaughn	D	22
Lynn Melton	D	36
Melissa Oropeza	D	37
Susan Ruiz	D	23
Sydney Carlin	D	66

Absent (7)

Name	Party	District
Doug Blex	R	12
Kirk Haskins	D	53
Louis Ruiz	D	31
Mari-Lynn Poskin	D	20
Ronald Ellis	R	47
Samantha Poetter Parshall	R	6
Webster T. Roth	R	79