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Committee debates physician noncompete bill; sponsor withdraws bill for further work
Summary
SB139, to declare physician noncompete clauses unenforceable, drew extended committee debate over case law and retroactivity; sponsor later withdrew the bill to pursue referrals and possible amendment rather than asking the committee to vote.
Senate Bill 139, which would make physician noncompete agreements unenforceable in employment contracts, prompted extended floor discussion and legal questions before the sponsor elected to withdraw the bill for further work.
Sponsor Justin Boyd said the bill aims to clarify that noncompete clauses in physician employment contracts are unenforceable, citing three Arkansas cases he reviewed that found physician noncompetes problematic. “What this does is it makes clear for physicians in…
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