PHYSICIANS: Prohibits certain post employment restraints on the practice of medicine on physicians employed by the state (EG SEE FISC NOTE OF EX)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 2, 2021
Last action May 13, 2021
Floor votes · House May 11, 2021
How they voted
60–22
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 91
May 11, 2021
D
Democratic31
77% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Nay
R
Republican59
61% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Amendments
1
May 13, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
upper
May 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 23. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 3, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (13-2).
lower
Apr 14, 2021
Committee
Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Commerce.
lower
Apr 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
Discharged from the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
Apr 2, 2021
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Larry Bagley
RRepublican
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