Governor Charlie Baker last week signed a clean-energy bill and new rules governing the use of non-compete agreements, but vetoed a “patent-trolling” provision that could have prevented companies from protecting their intellectual property.

The energy bill was among 53 pieces of legislation passed in the waning hours of the formal legislative session that Baker signed on Thursday. His actions on non-competes and patent-trolling, both of which were part of a $1.2 billion economic development bill, came on Friday.

AIM supported the energy measure and the compromise bill on non-competes but opposed the patent-trolling language.

“We are grateful to Governor Baker for thoughtful decisions that will benefit both the business community and the larger community,” said Richard C. Lord, President and Chief Executive Officer of Associated Industries of Massachusetts.

AIM had urged Baker to strike the problematic patent-trolling language from the economic development bill.

“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),” Lord wrote to Baker early last week.

“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.”

AIM supported other portions of the economic-development bill ranging from an apprenticeship tax credit to changes to the Economic Development Incentive Program.

The non-compete language signed by Baker mirrors an agreement 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.

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.