Legislature Sends Gov. Hochul Bills on Noncompetes, LLC Transparency, Deforestation, Wrongful Death
• Bill to ban noncompete agreements could pass, but may exempt high earners; negotiations ongoing • Proposals would require posting details of emergency contracts within 30 days and identifying owners of LLCs • Measure would restrict state spending on products linked to deforestation; environmental groups push while business resists • Attempt to rewrite 1847 wrongful death statute to expand beneficiaries; vetoed last year but revised version awaits decision • Roughly 100 bills out of 900 passed this year still await action by Gov. Kathy Hochul before end of December