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Bill Physician noncompete agreements. Provides that beginning July 1, 2023, a primary care physician and an employer may not enter into a noncompete agreement. Provides that beginning July 1, 2023, a physician noncompete agreement is not enforceable if any of the following circumstances occur: (1) The employer terminates the physician's employment without cause. (2) The physician terminates the physician's employment for cause. (3) The physician's employment contract has expired and the physician and employer have fulfilled the obligations of the contract. Specifies a process by which a physician or employer may pursue mediation to determine a reasonable price to purchase a release from a noncompete agreement. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2023 SB 7 Indiana SB 7 (2023)
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HEALTH
Health Care Professionals
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Wages
Arbitration
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PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
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Brad Barrett
Ed Charbonneau
Justin Busch
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Indiana SB 7 (2023) — Physician noncompete agreements.

Provides that beginning July 1, 2023, a primary care physician and an employer may not enter into a noncompete agreement. Provides that beginning July 1, 2023, a physician noncompete agreement is not enforceable if any of the following circumstances occur: (1) The employer terminates the physician's employment without cause. (2) The physician terminates the physician's employment for cause. (3) The physician's employment contract has expired and the physician and employer have fulfilled the obligations of the contract. Specifies a process by which a physician or employer may pursue mediation to determine a reasonable price to purchase a release from a noncompete agreement.

Version chain

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

  1. Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
  5. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SB 7 - Barrett - 3rd Reading — 8117 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Brad Barrett — primary (person)
  • Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
  • Justin Busch — primary (person)
  • Becky Cash — cosponsor (person)
  • Ethan Manning — cosponsor (person)
  • J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
  • Kyle Walker — coauthor (person)
  • Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
  • Rita Fleming — cosponsor (person)
  • Tyler Johnson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-09 Authored by Senator Busch
  • 2023-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-01-17 Senator Charbonneau added as second author
  • 2023-01-17 Senator Johnson added as coauthor
  • 2023-01-26 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-01-26 Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
  • 2023-02-02 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
  • 2023-02-06 Amendment #1 (Busch) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2023-02-06 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-02-06 Senator Walker K added as coauthor
  • 2023-02-07 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 76: yeas 45, nays 5 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-02-07 House sponsor: Representative Barrett
  • 2023-02-07 Cosponsor: Representative Manning
  • 2023-02-09 Referred to the House referral
  • 2023-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-14 Representatives Cash B and Fleming added as cosponsors
  • 2023-04-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-04-13 Amendment #1 (Hatfield) motion withdrawn voice vote amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal
  • 2023-04-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-04-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 424: yeas 81, nays 17 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-04-18 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
  • 2023-04-19 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2023-04-24 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 466: yeas 41, nays 7
  • 2023-04-25 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2023-04-28 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-01 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2023-05-04 Public Law 165 became-law
  • 2023-05-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66e40041-6d20-4915-8edd-c7188d3d0430. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).