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Covenants not to compete; health care professionals; civil penalty. Adds health care professionals with a salary of less than $500,000 per year as a category of employee with or upon whom no employer shall enter into, enforce, or threaten to enforce a covenant not to compete. The bill defines "health care professional" as any physician, nurse, nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, pharmacist, social worker, dietitian, physical or occupational therapist, professional counselor, behavior analyst, assistant behavior analyst, or medical technologist authorized to provide health care services in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that any employer that violates the prohibition against covenants not to compete with a health care professional is subject to the civil penalty in current law of $10,000 for each violation.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 11, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 3 co
Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 2-N 0-A)
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
Read third time
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 26108396D-S1
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB627)
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB627)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Read third time and passed House (93-Y 5-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House as amended
committee amendments agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB627)
House subcommittee offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104135D
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 2-N 0-A)
Charniele L. Herring
Shelly A. Simonds
Kathy K.L. Tran
Dan I. Helmer