republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-082.md

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Bill	Physician Noncompete Exemption For Rare Disorder	An agreement among physicians may contain a covenant not to compete, under which a physician who leaves the group practice may be compelled to pay damages if he or she solicits patients who are former or prospective patients of the group practice. The bill makes an exception in the case of patients with a rare disorder, as determined in accordance with nationally recognized criteria, who would otherwise not have ready access to a physician with the necessary expertise to treat the disorder.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	SB 18-082	Colorado SB 18-082 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Chris Kennedy Rachel Zenzinger	8	13	4	2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00	2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1518f7d7-aa49-4a02-9cd1-d9a317bfce4b	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-082	2202d3617ce6b9af8e01e4cb5390b1ebad002a4e8e36d518333f62ff49c9689b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 18-082 (2018A) — Physician Noncompete Exemption For Rare Disorder

An agreement among physicians may contain a covenant not to compete, under which a physician who leaves the group practice may be compelled to pay damages if he or she solicits patients who are former or prospective patients of the group practice. The bill makes an exception in the case of patients with a rare disorder, as determined in accordance with nationally recognized criteria, who would otherwise not have ready access to a physician with the necessary expertise to treat the disorder.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/08/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/27/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/12/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (02/09/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (03/19/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (03/16/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (04/02/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 32–1 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 34–1 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 49–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
• Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
• 2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-02-13T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment introduction
• 2018-02-09T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-08T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1518f7d7-aa49-4a02-9cd1-d9a317bfce4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).