SB128
Covenants not to compete; includes health care professionals, civil penalty.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 12, 2026
Senate: Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
Chief Patron:
Schuyler VanValkenburg (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Covenants not to compete; health care professionals; civil penalty.
Adds health care professionals as a category of employee with or upon whom no employer shall enter into, enforce, or threaten to enforce a covenant not to compete. The bill defines 'health care professional' as any person licensed, registered, or certified by the Board of Medicine, Nursing, Counseling, Optometry, Psychology, ... (More) or Social Work. The bill provides that any employer that violates the prohibition against covenants not to compete with a health care professional is subject to the civil penalty in current law of $10,000 for each violation. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100840D
- 01/06/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB128)
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106892D-S1
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Motion to rerefer to Finance and Appropriations agreed to
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB128)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB128)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
