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type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THAT A COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE AGREEMENT IS UNENFORCEABLE FOR CERTAIN LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS."
description: "TO CLARIFY THAT A COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE AGREEMENT IS UNENFORCEABLE FOR CERTAIN LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 139"
citation: "Arkansas SB 139 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gramlich", "J. Boyd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-29T14:16:57+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-04T21:50:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b44ef1a5-fd6c-44f2-89bc-73f2e178b3a7"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e3137e144c0b8b5737b65f4a080a16597b602e9e391402addd40ac780b74cfaf"
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-ar"]
---
# Arkansas SB 139 (2025) — TO CLARIFY THAT A COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE AGREEMENT IS UNENFORCEABLE FOR CERTAIN LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 232** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=232.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 139** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB139.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Gramlich — primary (person)
- J. Boyd — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-29T14:16:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-29T19:41:29+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17T23:14:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18T16:53:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T16:54:04+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-18T19:32:32+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-18T22:54:32+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T18:09:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03T20:16:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T20:16:55+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-03T21:51:23+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-03T21:51:27+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-03T22:22:40+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-03T22:22:43+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-04T21:50:58+00:00** Notification that SB139 is now Act 232 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b44ef1a5-fd6c-44f2-89bc-73f2e178b3a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).