Associated Industries of Massachusetts on Friday urged Governor Charlie Baker to sign a clean-energy bill and approve portions of a $1.2 billion economic-development bill passed by the Legislature earlier in the week.

In a letter to the governor, AIM expressed support for key portions of the economic-development bill ranging from an apprenticeship tax credit to imposition of reasonable limits on the use of non-compete agreements. But the largest employer association in the commonwealth urged the governor to strike other elements of the bill, including a “patent-trolling” provision that could prevent companies from protecting their intellectual property.

“The patent trolling language contained in the bill pending before you is materially different from the compromise language approved by the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure committee (S.2432),” AIM President and CEO Richard C. Lord wrote to Baker.

“The changed language appeared within the final days of the legislative session and has raised significant concerns from employers who believe it may limit the ability of companies to protect intellectual property.”

The economic-development and energy measures were part of a flurry of activity as the Legislature ended the formal portion of its 2017-2018 session early Wednesday morning. Governor Baker has 10 days to sign the bills, veto them or send back amended language.

The language in the economic-development bill governing use of non-competes mirrors a compromise that AIM and other business groups reached two years ago with House Speaker Robert DeLeo. The measure limits non-competes to one year and gives employees the opportunity to consult a lawyer when signing a non-compete but does not require companies that compensate employees at the time they sign non-competes to pay them again during the restricted period.

AIM fought relentlessly for more than 11 years on behalf the vast majority of Massachusetts employers who wish to preserve the use of non-competes to protect intellectual property. The new bill accomplishes that goal.

The new energy bill authorizes an additional procurement of offshore wind power, increases the renewable portfolio standard that governs the amount of clean energy utilities must purchase, and establishes an energy storage target. The renewable portfolio standard will increase by one percent until the end of 2019, then by two percent each year until the end of 2029. It would then set the state on a track of one-percent increases each year thereafter.

The bill “is a measured approach to public policy. It changes only those programs that need changing without disrupting newly established programs before they have had a chance to work. It will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in Massachusetts while being considerate of our high electric prices,” Lord wrote in a separate letter to the governor.