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HB 180 Invention development services; required disclosure, civil penalty.
Introduced by: Peter F. Farrell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Invention development services; disclosure and civil penalty. Requires each contract for invention development services to include on its cover sheet a disclosure that the contract is a fee-for-service contract with no guarantees as to success of the invention and information on how to file a consumer complaint regarding invention development services with the Office of the Attorney General. The measure increases the maximum civil penalty that the Attorney General may recover in an enforcement action from $3,000 to $10,000 for each violation. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.
FULL TEXT
- 12/23/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100927D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/14 House: Committee substitute printed 14104654D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB180ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0759) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/23/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100927D
- 12/23/13 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/14 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 01/29/14 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/14 House: Committee substitute printed 14104654D-H1
- 02/03/14 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/14 House: Read first time
- 02/06/14 House: Read second time
- 02/06/14 House: Committee substitute agreed to 14104654D-H1
- 02/06/14 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB180H1
- 02/07/14 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/14 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/10/14 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/11/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/14 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/17/14 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/14 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/14 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/20/14 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/20/14 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/20/14 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/14 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/14 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 2-N 1-A)
- 02/24/14 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 2-N 1-A)
- 02/26/14 House: Enrolled
- 02/26/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB180ER)
- 02/26/14 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/28/14 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/07/14 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 759 (effective 7/1/14)
- 04/07/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0759)