Virginia House Bill 375 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-2)
Status: Passed on May 23 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0810)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Patent infringement; assertions made in bad faith. Prohibits any person from making in bad faith an assertion of patent infringement. The Attorney General or an attorney for the Commonwealth is empowered to accept assurances of voluntary compliance and seek injunctive relief. The Attorney General is authorized to issue civil investigative demands. The measure does not create a private cause of action. The measure does not apply to a demand letter or assertion of patent infringement that includes a claim for relief arising under 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(2) or 42 U.S.C. § 262.

Patent infringement; assertions made in bad faith, exemptions, penalties.

Del. Timothy Hugo [R]	Del. Terry Kilgore [R]	Del. Robert Marshall [R]	Del. Jackson Miller [R]
Del. Scott Garrett [R]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Barbara Comstock [R]	Del. Ron Villanueva [R]
Sen. Chris Head [R]	Del. Larry Rush [R]	Del. Michael Webert [R]	Del. Israel O'Quinn [R]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Sen. Benton Chafin [R]	Del. Glenn Davis [R]	Del. Jeffrey Campbell [R]

2014-04-23 - House - House: VOTE: REJECTED (27-Y 70-N) (Y: 27 N: 72 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2014-03-03 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 0-N) (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-30 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 1-N) (Y: 100 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-23 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (17-Y 4-N) (Y: 18 N: 4 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0810)
2014-05-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 810 (effective 7/1/14)
2014-04-23	House	Communicated to Governor
2014-04-23	House	VOTE: REJECTED (27-Y 70-N)
2014-04-23	House	House rejected Governor's recommendation (27-Y 70-N)
2014-04-23	House	Pending question ordered
2014-04-22	House	Placed on Calendar
2014-04-04	House	Governor's recommendation received by House
2014-03-09	Senate	Signed by President
2014-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2014-03-06	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB375ER)
2014-03-06	House	Enrolled
2014-03-03	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 0-N)
2014-03-03	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 14105047D-S1 (93-Y 0-N)
2014-02-28	House	Placed on Calendar
2014-02-27	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-27	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB375S1
2014-02-27	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 14105047D-S1
2014-02-27	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2014-02-27	Senate	Read third time
2014-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2014-02-24	Senate	Committee substitute printed 14105047D-S1
2014-02-24	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
2014-01-31	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2014-01-31	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2014-01-30	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 1-N)
2014-01-30	House	Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
2014-01-29	House	Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB375H2
2014-01-29	House	Substitute by Delegate O'Quinn agreed to 14104519D-H2
2014-01-29	House	Committee substitute rejected 14104358D-H1
2014-01-29	House	Read second time
2014-01-29	House	Passed by temporarily
2014-01-28	House	Floor substitute printed 14104519D-H2 (O'Quinn)
2014-01-28	House	Passed by for the day
2014-01-27	House	Read first time
2014-01-23	House	Committee substitute printed 14104358D-H1
2014-01-23	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (17-Y 4-N)
2014-01-17	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2014-01-17	House	Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
2014-01-03	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-01-03	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103256D

SB375 (Same As) 2014-01-22 - Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
SB150 (Same As) 2014-05-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0819)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	215.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	215.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB375
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB375+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB375H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB375H2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB375S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB375ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0810+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H14V0035+HB0375
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV0332+HB0375
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S02V0078+HB0375
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0585HB0375+HB0375
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0636HB0375+HB0375
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV1246+HB0375
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV1490+HB0375