republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/sb-7.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physician noncompete agreements."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Indiana SB 7 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "Health Care Professionals", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT", "Wages", "Arbitration", "and Benefits", "PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barrett", "Ed Charbonneau", "Justin Busch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66e40041-6d20-4915-8edd-c7188d3d0430"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/7"
source_hash: "bc131bf7d6bff05cccf3fe7e2fd578951dc10e769a983fdcaf24a37b63df9190"
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-in"]
---

# 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](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0007/versions/SB0007.03.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0007/versions/SB0007.05.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0007/versions/SB0007.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0007/versions/SB0007.04.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0007/versions/SB0007.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 7 - Barrett - 3rd Reading — **81–17** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66e40041-6d20-4915-8edd-c7188d3d0430`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).