AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (Expands the rights of physician assistants with regard to their practice and prohibits non-compete clauses that exceed five years with regard to the purchase and sale of a practice.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 1, 2023
Last action May 15, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 20, 2023
How they voted
54–4
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 61
Apr 20, 2023
D
Democratic54
94% Yea
R
Republican7
57% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 15, 2023
Committee
05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
upper
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
04/20/2023 House read and passed
lower
Mar 21, 2023
Legislature · Passed
03/21/2023 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Feb 14, 2023
Committee
02/14/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 1, 2023
Introduced
02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
lower
9 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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