Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition

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A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING CHAPTER 9 TO TITLE 41 SO AS TO PROHIBIT NONCOMPETE CLAUSES IN PHYSICIAN CONTRACTS, TO PROTECT PATIENT FREEDOM OF CHOICE, TO DEFINE IMPERMISSIBLE RESTRICTIONS ON PHYSICIAN PRACTICE, TO ALLOW CERTAIN RECOUPMENT OF EXPENSES AND PROTECTION OF LEGITIMATE BUSINESS INTERESTS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR APPLICABILITY.

Chamber: House
Introduced: Dec 16, 2025
Last action: May 5, 2026 — Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry
Session: 2025-2026
Momentum: 78 · High

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Passed First Chamber — base rate 11%, measured from SC's completed sessions
Momentum +6 78/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 158 days quiet

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