Primary sources

State statutes

State statutes (canonical dataset)

19 states with sourced statute records today, on a 50-state framework. Every entry below links to its primary source; the remaining jurisdictions join the dataset as each is sourced.

• CaliforniaSourced

  Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 16600, 16600.1, 16600.5

  https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=16600.

  • Case-law: Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP, 44 Cal. 4th 937 (Cal. 2008)

• MinnesotaSourced

  Minn. Stat. § 181.988

  https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/181.988

• North DakotaSecondary

  N.D. Cent. Code § 9-08-06

  https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t09c08.pdf

  • Case-law: Werlinger v. Mutual Service Casualty Ins. Co., 496 N.W.2d 26 (N.D. 1993)

• OklahomaSourced

  15 Okla. Stat. §§ 217, 219, 219A

  https://law.justia.com/codes/oklahoma/title-15/section-15-219a/

  • Case-law: Howard v. Nitro-Lift Techs., L.L.C., 2014 OK 78, 338 P.3d 627

• WashingtonSourced

  Wash. Rev. Code Ch. 49.62 (esp. §§ 49.62.020, 49.62.030, 49.62.040)

  https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=49.62&full=true

• ColoradoSourced

  Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-2-113 (HB 22-1317)

  https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-8-labor-and-industry/co-rev-st-sect-8-2-113/

• IllinoisSourced

  820 Ill. Comp. Stat. 90/1 et seq. (Illinois Freedom to Work Act)

  https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=3737&ChapterID=68

  • Case-law: Reliable Fire Equipment Co. v. Arredondo, 2011 IL 111871, 965 N.E.2d 393

• MassachusettsSourced

  Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 24L (Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act)

  https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Chapter149/Section24L

• MarylandSourced

  Md. Code, Lab. & Empl. § 3-716

  https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle&section=3-716

• VirginiaSourced

  Va. Code § 40.1-28.7:8

  https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title40.1/chapter3/section40.1-28.7:8/

• MaineSourced

  26 Me. Rev. Stat. § 599-A

  https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26sec599-A.html

• Rhode IslandSecondary

  R.I. Gen. Laws Ch. 28-59 (Rhode Island Noncompetition Agreement Act)

  http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE28/28-59/INDEX.HTM

• IndianaSourced

  Ind. Code § 25-22.5-5.5

  https://law.justia.com/codes/indiana/title-25/article-22-5/chapter-5-5/

• PennsylvaniaSourced

  Pa. Act 74 of 2024 (Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act)

  https://law.justia.com/codes/pennsylvania/act-74/

• New MexicoSourced

  N.M. Stat. Ch. 24A Art. 4 (recompiled from § 24-1I-2)

  https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-24a/article-4/

• FloridaSourced

  Fla. Stat. § 542.335

  http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599/0542/Sections/0542.335.html

• TexasSourced

  Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.51(c)

  https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/business-and-commerce-code/bus-com-sect-15-51/

• GeorgiaSourced

  O.C.G.A. §§ 13-8-53(d), 13-8-54(b)

  https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/title-13/chapter-8/article-4/section-13-8-53/

• New YorkSecondary

  N.Y. Lab. Law § 202-k (broadcast — 2024 Broadcast Employees Freedom To Work Act)

  • Case-law: BDO Seidman v. Hirshberg, 93 N.Y.2d 382, 712 N.E.2d 1220 (N.Y. 1999)