Patent and copyright policies; requires Secretaries of Administration and Technology to establish. (HB1941)
Introduced By
Del. Chris Peace (R-Mechanicsville) with support from co-patrons Del. Joe May (R-Leesburg), and Sen. John Watkins (R-Midlothian)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
✓ |
Became Law |
Description
Patent and copyright policies of the Commonwealth. Requires the Secretary of Administration 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 use and release of patents and copyrights created by employees of the agency. Such policy shall authorize state agencies to release potentially copyrightable materials under the Creative Commons licensing system.
2. A provision encouraging the Commonwealth and state agencies to seek patent and copyright protection only in those instances where the patents or copyrights have potential commercial value.
3. Subject to approval by the Secretary of Administration, a process permitting state agencies to commercialize patents and copyrights with potential commercial value.
The bill also permits localities and local school boards to set policies regarding the use and ownership of patents and copyrights developed by employees. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/13/2009 | Committee |
01/13/2009 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 095818868 |
01/13/2009 | Referred to Committee on Science and Technology |
01/19/2009 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1941) |
02/02/2009 | Reported from Science and Technology with substitute (16-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
02/02/2009 | Committee substitute printed 095861676-H1 |
02/04/2009 | Read first time |
02/05/2009 | Read second time |
02/05/2009 | Committee substitute agreed to 095861676-H1 |
02/05/2009 | Amendments by Delegate Peace agreed to |
02/05/2009 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1941EH1 |
02/05/2009 | Printed as engrossed 095861676-EH1 |
02/06/2009 | Read third time and passed House (96-Y 1-N) |
02/06/2009 | VOTE: --- PASSAGE (96-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
02/09/2009 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/09/2009 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
02/11/2009 | Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/13/2009 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2009 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1941EH1) |
02/16/2009 | Read third time |
02/16/2009 | Reading of amendment waived |
02/16/2009 | Committee amendment agreed to |
02/16/2009 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
02/16/2009 | Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/17/2009 | Placed on Calendar |
02/18/2009 | Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) |
02/18/2009 | VOTE: --- ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2009 | Enrolled |
02/23/2009 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1941ER) |
02/23/2009 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1941ER) |
02/24/2009 | Signed by Speaker |
02/25/2009 | Signed by President |
03/30/2009 | Governor's recommendation received by House |
04/07/2009 | Placed on Calendar |
04/08/2009 | Enacted, Chapter 790 (effective 7/1/09) |
04/08/2009 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N) |
04/08/2009 | VOTE: --- ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
04/08/2009 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
04/08/2009 | G Governor's recommendation adopted |
04/08/2009 | Reenrolled |
04/08/2009 | Reenrolled bill text (HB1941ER2) |
04/08/2009 | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
04/08/2009 | Signed by President as reenrolled |
04/08/2009 | Enacted, Chapter 791 (effective 7/1/09) |
04/08/2009 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791) |
04/14/2009 | Reenrolled |
04/14/2009 | Reenrolled bill text (HB1941ER2) |
Comments
Releasing copyrighted state materials under the Creative Commons licensing system? Yes, yes, yes. A thousand times yes. Very impressive.
This was started as a resolution for the VA DOE based on the Capetown Declaration
http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration
Resolution
Establish a policy of the use of the Creative Commons License by public education institutions with respect to publicly available education content resources and assessments.
WHEREAS, the Commonwealth of Virginia expends public funds to create educational materials for use by the Public School Systems of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, the use of these materials are released to the public for improvement of student learning and assessment; and
WHEREAS, these materials may have broader educational use to the betterment of the citizens of the Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, citizens should have the freedom to use, customize, improve and redistribute educational resources for the public good without undue constraint, and
WHEREAS, educators worldwide are developing a vast pool of educational resources for distribution and on the Internet, open and free for all to use;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that materials created for and copyrighted to the Educational Agencies of the Commonwealth of Virginia be licensed, at such time as they can be made publicly available, under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike 3.0 United States license or placed in the Public Domain. Taxpayer-funded educational resources should be open educational resources and educational resource repositories should actively include and highlight open educational resources within their collections.
I love this bill. It is such an improvement over the old policy in every way. I really hope this one goes through.