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type: "Bill"
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title: "Physician Noncompete Exemption For Rare Disorder"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2018A"
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identifier: "SB 18-082"
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citation: "Colorado SB 18-082 (2018A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kennedy", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1518f7d7-aa49-4a02-9cd1-d9a317bfce4b"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-082"
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source_hash: "2202d3617ce6b9af8e01e4cb5390b1ebad002a4e8e36d518333f62ff49c9689b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 18-082 (2018A) — Physician Noncompete Exemption For Rare Disorder
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_sb082_h_hie_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (02/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_082_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (03/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_082_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_082_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (02/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_082_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (03/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_082_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (03/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_082_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (04/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_082_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **32–1** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR — **34–1** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **49–14** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
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- **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`
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- **2018-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment `introduction`
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- **2018-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **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`
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- **2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1518f7d7-aa49-4a02-9cd1-d9a317bfce4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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