---
type: "Bill"
title: "eliminating certain non-compete agreements for physician associates."
description: "eliminating certain non-compete agreements for physician associates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 402"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 402 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-18"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78a73186-35dd-42e0-9ac7-6be076332d87"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1339&inflect=2"
source_hash: "12c42bbea1b1e33452f3f009a094ece0de60b070f0a13a628b7ede716208eded"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire SB 402 (2026) — eliminating certain non-compete agreements for physician associates.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=21592&q=billVersion)
2. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32471&q=billVersion)
3. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30708&q=billVersion)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-11-18** Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Hearing: 01/21/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:40 am; SC 2
- **2026-01-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/29/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/29/2026; SJ 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-26** Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 5 P. 124 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Public Hearing: 03/18/2026 10:10 am GP 231
- **2026-03-20** Executive Session: 03/18/2026 10:10 am GP 231
- **2026-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/18/2026 (Vote 12-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/23/2026); SJ 11 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-12** Signed by the Governor on 05/08/2026; Chapter 55; Effective 07/07/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78a73186-35dd-42e0-9ac7-6be076332d87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).