Maryland House Bill 430 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Vetoed on May 15 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-15 - Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from making specified assertions of patent infringement in bad faith; authorizing a court to consider specified factors as evidence of whether a person has made an assertion of patent infringement in bad faith or in good faith; authorizing specified individuals to bring an action in a specified court to recover for injuries or losses sustained as a result of a violation of the Act; authorizing a court to award damages and remedies under specified circumstances; etc.

Commercial Law - Patent Infringement - Assertions Made in Bad Faith

Del. Jon Cardin [D]

2014-03-28 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (136-0) (Y: 136 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2014-03-22 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (47-0) (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-03-06 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (133-0) (Y: 133 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-15	House	Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
2014-04-04	House	Passed Enrolled
2014-04-04	House	Third Reading Passed (136-0)
2014-04-04	House	House Concur - Senate Amendments
2014-04-03	Senate	Senators Astle, Pugh, and Kittleman
2014-04-03	Senate	Conference Committee Appointed
2014-04-03	Senate	Senate Refuses to Recede
2014-04-02	House	House Requests Senate Recede
2014-04-02	House	House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
2014-03-31	Senate	Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
2014-03-28	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2014-03-28	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {627272/1 Report Adopted
2014-03-28	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2014-03-25	Senate	Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2014-03-07	Senate	First Reading Finance
2014-03-06	House	Third Reading Passed (133-0)
2014-03-04	House	Second Reading Passed
2014-03-04	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2014-03-03	House	Favorable Report by Economic Matters
2014-02-05	House	Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
2014-01-24	House	First Reading Economic Matters

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0430?ys=2014rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/hb/hb0430f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/hb/hb0430t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/hb/hb0430e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/amds/bil_0000/hb0430_62727201.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/fnotes/bil_0000/hb0430.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/votes_comm/hb0430_ecm.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/votes_comm/hb0430_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/veto_letters/hb0430.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0430,h-0244&stab=02&ys=2014RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0430,s-0799&stab=02&ys=2014RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0430,h-1140&stab=02&ys=2014RS