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Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Note
| S1354aa | by JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE |
| BAD FAITH ASSERTIONS – PATENT INFRINGEMENT – Adds to existing law to provide legislative findings and intent, to provide definitions, to provide that it is unlawful to make bad faith assertions of patent infringement, to provide provisions relating to personal jurisdiction, to grant certain authority to the Attorney General and district courts, to provide a private cause of action, remedies and damages and a limitation of action, to establish provisions relating to bond and to provide exemptions. |
| 02/17 | Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing | ||
| 02/18 | Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules | ||
| 03/04 | Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment | ||
| Placed in the Committee of the Whole | |||
| Reported out without recommendation, as amended | |||
| Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment | |||
| Amendments reported printed | |||
| Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended | |||
| Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading | |||
| 03/05 | Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading | ||
| Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 33-2-0 AYES – Bair, Bayer, Bock, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Cameron, Davis, Fulcher, Goedde, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Keough, Lacey, Lakey, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nuxoll, Patrick, Pearce, Rice, Schmidt, Siddoway, Stennett, Thayn, Tippets, Ward-Engelking, Werk, Winder NAYS – McKenzie, Vick Absent and excused – None Floor Sponsor - Lakey Title apvd - to House |
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| 03/06 | Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading | ||
| Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules, & Administration | |||
| 03/14 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading | ||
| 03/17 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading | ||
| Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read three times – PASSED - 65-1-4 AYES – Agidius, Anderson(01), Anderson(31), Anderst, Andrus, Barrett, Bateman, Batt, Bell, Bolz, Boyle, Burgoyne, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Denney, Erpelding, Eskridge, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Hancey, Harris, Hartgen, Henderson, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, King, Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Malek, McDonald, McMillan, Meline, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Morse, Moyle, Packer, Palmer, Pence, Perry, Raybould, Ringo, Romrell, Rusche, Shepherd, Sims, Smith, Stevenson, Trujillo, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wood(27), Wood(35), Woodings, Youngblood, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Barbieri Absent – Nielsen, Rubel, Thompson, Wills Floor Sponsor - Malek Title apvd - to Senate |
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| 03/18 | Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling | ||
| Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker | |||
| 03/19 | Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate | ||
| Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor | |||
| 03/20 | Reported delivered to Governor at 8:50 a.m. on 03/20/14 | ||
| 03/26 | Signed by Governor on 03/26/14 Session Law Chapter 277 Effective: 07/01/2014 |