SB 128 VA

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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, 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. This bill is identical to HB 627.

• Schuyler T. VanValkenburg Democratic · primary

1. Jan 6, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100840D · upper
2. Jan 6, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
3. Feb 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB128) · upper
4. Feb 2, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
5. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 0-N) · upper
6. Feb 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106892D-S1 · upper
7. Feb 4, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
8. Feb 4, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
9. Feb 4, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
10. Feb 5, 2026 Read second time · upper
11. Feb 5, 2026 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to · upper
12. Feb 5, 2026 Motion to rerefer to Finance and Appropriations agreed to · upper
13. Feb 5, 2026 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations · upper
14. Feb 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB128) · upper
15. Feb 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB128) · upper
16. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
17. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · upper
18. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) · upper
19. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Feb 18, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
21. Feb 18, 2026 Read first time · lower
22. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
23. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 1-N) · lower
24. Mar 5, 2026 Read second time · lower
25. Mar 6, 2026 Read third time · lower
26. Mar 6, 2026 Passed House (92-Y 6-N 0-A) · lower
27. Mar 12, 2026 Enrolled · upper
28. Mar 12, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB128ER) · upper
29. Mar 12, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB128) · upper
30. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
31. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by President · upper
32. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · upper
33. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
34. Apr 11, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by Senate · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML