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HB 1941 Patent and copyright policies; requires Secretaries of Administration and Technology to establish.
Introduced by: Christopher K. Peace | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Patent and copyright policies of the Commonwealth. Requires the Secretary of Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Technology, to establish policies, subject to the approval of the Governor, regarding the use of patents and copyrights owned by the Commonwealth. Such policies shall include, at a minimum, the following:
1. A policy granting state agencies the authority over the protection and release of patents and copyrights created by employees of the agency. Such policy shall authorize state agencies to release all potentially copyrightable materials under the Creative Commons or Open Source Initiative licensing system, as appropriate.
2. A provision authorizing state agencies to seek patent protection only in those instances where the agency reasonably determines the patent has significant commercial value. The responsible state agency shall file with the Secretary a summary of the expected commercial value of the patent.
3. A procedure authorizing state agencies to license or transfer to a state employee any interest in potentially patentable material developed by that employee during work hours.
4. A procedure authorizing state agencies to license or transfer to a private entity any interest in potentially patentable material developed by that agency.
The bill also requires the Secretary of Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Technology, to submit a final copy of the patent and copyright policy to the House Committee on Science and Technology, Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology, and the Joint Commission on Technology and Science no later than December 1, 2009.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 095818868 pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/09 House: Committee substitute printed 095861676-H1 pdf
- 02/05/09 House: Printed as engrossed 095861676-EH1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1941ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/09 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1941ER2) pdf
- 04/08/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 095818868
- 01/13/09 House: Referred to Committee on Science and Technology
- 02/02/09 House: Reported from Science and Technology with substitute (16-Y 2-N)
- 02/02/09 House: Committee substitute printed 095861676-H1
- 02/04/09 House: Read first time
- 02/05/09 House: Read second time
- 02/05/09 House: Committee substitute agreed to 095861676-H1
- 02/05/09 House: Amendments by Delegate Peace agreed to
- 02/05/09 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1941EH1
- 02/05/09 House: Printed as engrossed 095861676-EH1
- 02/06/09 House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 1-N)
- 02/06/09 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (96-Y 1-N)
- 02/09/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/09 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/11/09 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/09 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/09 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/16/09 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/16/09 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/16/09 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/09 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/09 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/09 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/09 House: Enrolled
- 02/23/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1941ER)
- 02/24/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/30/09 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/07/09 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/08/09 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/08/09 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/08/09 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/08/09 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/08/09 House: Reenrolled
- 04/08/09 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1941ER2)
- 04/08/09 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/08/09 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/08/09 House: Enacted, Chapter 791 (effective 7/1/09)
- 04/08/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791)