Virginia Senate Bill 150 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on May 23 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0819)
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.

Sen. Richard Stuart [R]

Sen. Jeffrey McWaters [R]

2014-04-23 - Senate - Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (9-Y 30-N) (Y: 9 N: 30 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2014-04-23 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-04-23 - Senate - Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (10-Y 29-N) (Y: 10 N: 29 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2014-03-04 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-28 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-25 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0819)
2014-05-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 819 (effective 7/1/14)
2014-04-23	Senate	Communicated to Governor
2014-04-23	Senate	Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (9-Y 30-N)
2014-04-23	Senate	Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (39-Y 0-N)
2014-04-23	Senate	Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (10-Y 29-N)
2014-04-22	Senate	Placed on Calendar
2014-04-07	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2014-03-09	Senate	Signed by President
2014-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2014-03-06	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB150ER)
2014-03-06	Senate	Enrolled
2014-03-04	Senate	Title replaced 14105083D-H1
2014-03-04	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-28	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2014-02-28	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2014-02-28	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB150H1
2014-02-28	House	Committee substitute agreed to 14105083D-H1
2014-02-28	House	Read third time
2014-02-27	House	Read second time
2014-02-25	House	Committee substitute printed 14105083D-H1
2014-02-25	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2014-02-07	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2014-02-07	House	Read first time
2014-02-07	House	Placed on Calendar
2014-01-30	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
2014-01-29	Senate	Engrossed bill reprinted 14104517D-ES2
2014-01-29	Senate	Printed as engrossed 14104517D-ES2
2014-01-29	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendments SB150ES2
2014-01-29	Senate	Amendments #4,#5,#6 by Senator McEachin agreed to
2014-01-29	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2014-01-29	Senate	Amendments #1,#2,#3 by Senator McEachin withdrawn
2014-01-29	Senate	Amendments #2, #3 by Senator Petersen agreed to
2014-01-29	Senate	Reading of amendment #3 waived
2014-01-29	Senate	Reading of amendment #2 waived
2014-01-29	Senate	Amendment #1 by Senator Petersen withdrawn
2014-01-29	Senate	Substitute #2 by Senator Stuart agreed to 14104517D-S2
2014-01-29	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2014-01-29	Senate	Floor substitute printed 14104517D-S2 (Stuart)
2014-01-29	Senate	Substitute #1 by Senator Stuart withdrawn 14104384D-S1
2014-01-29	Senate	Floor substitute printed to Web only 14104384D-S1 (Stuart)
2014-01-29	Senate	Read second time
2014-01-29	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2014-01-28	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-01-27	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-01-24	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-01-23	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-01-22	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-01-21	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-01-20	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-01-17	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-01-16	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-01-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2014-01-13	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
2013-12-31	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2013-12-31	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103115D

HB375 (Same As) 2014-05-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0810)

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+SB150
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB150+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB150S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB150S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB150ES2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB150H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB150ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0819+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S02V0006+SB0150
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0050SB0150+SB0150
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0210SB0150+SB0150
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H14V0134+SB0150
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV1178+SB0150
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0727SB0150+SB0150
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0940SB0150+SB0150
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0953SB0150+SB0150
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0954SB0150+SB0150