Senate Bill 657
Noncompete clauses for medical practitioners
Topics: Employment, Nurses, Physician, Physician assistant, Psychology
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 14, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 675. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill makes changes regarding covenants not to compete for advanced practice registered nurses, advanced practice nurse prescribers, physicians, physician assistants, and psychologists (“medical practitioners”).
Under current law, a covenant by an assistant, servant, or agent not to compete with his or her employer or principal during the term of the employment or agency, or after the termination of the employment or agency, within a specified territory and during a specified time is lawful and enforceable only if the restrictions imposed are reasonably necessary for the protection of the employer or principal. A covenant not to compete that imposes an unreasonable restraint, however, is illegal, void, and unenforceable even as to any part of the covenant that would be a reasonable restraint.
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The bill provides that a covenant by a medical practitioner not to compete with his or her employer after the termination of the employment imposes an unreasonable restraint and is illegal, void, and unenforceable if the covenant includes a restriction that prohibits working as a medical practitioner for more than 24 consecutive months after the first day of the medical practitioner’s employment with the employer that is imposing the covenant not to compete. The bill also provides that a covenant not to compete by a medical practitioner is illegal, void, and unenforceable if the medical practitioner’s employment is terminated for any reason by the medical practitioner’s employer.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . 2 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
14 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (14)
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Gus Gustafson · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Adam Neylon · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Health vote to recommend it
Passed, 4 to 1 · Feb 10, 2026
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 20, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 10, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 1.
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Jan 29, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 28, 2026 to Jan 29, 2026
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jan 14, 2026
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health.
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Nov 14, 2025 to Nov 24, 2025
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Nov 14, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
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Nov 14, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 14, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Nass and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Neylon, O'Connor, Dittrich, Green, Gustafson, Knodl, Murphy, Wichgers and Steffen
- Nov 14, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
- Nov 14, 2025 · Senate
Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
- Nov 24, 2025 · Senate
Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- Jan 14, 2026 · Senate
Withdrawn from committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs and rereferred to committee on Health pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- Jan 28, 2026 · Senate
Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor
- Jan 29, 2026 · Senate
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
- Jan 29, 2026 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 1
- Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 20, 2026 · Senate
Representative Sheehan added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote