HB 627 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 SB 128.

• Charniele L. Herring Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104135D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
3. Jan 20, 2026 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
4. Jan 29, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Jan 29, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N) · lower
6. Feb 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB627) · lower
7. Feb 3, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) · lower
8. Feb 5, 2026 Read first time · lower
9. Feb 6, 2026 Read second time · lower
10. Feb 6, 2026 committee amendments agreed to · lower
11. Feb 6, 2026 Engrossed by House as amended · lower
12. Feb 9, 2026 Read third time and passed House (93-Y 5-N 0-A) · lower
13. Feb 10, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
14. Feb 10, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
15. Feb 12, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB627) · lower
16. Feb 23, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
17. Feb 24, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108396D-S1 · upper
18. Feb 24, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB627) · lower
19. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
20. Mar 5, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
21. Mar 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
22. Mar 5, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
23. Mar 6, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
24. Mar 9, 2026 Read third time · upper
25. Mar 9, 2026 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to · upper
26. Mar 9, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
27. Mar 9, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
28. Mar 11, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 2-N 0-A) · lower
29. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
30. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB627ER) · lower
31. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
32. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
33. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
34. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
35. Apr 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB627) · lower
36. Apr 11, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by House · 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
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Labor and Commerce Amendment · HTML
• Labor and Commerce Amendment · HTML
• Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML