Invention development services; required disclosure, civil penalty. (HB180)
Introduced By
Del. Peter Farrell (R-Henrico) with support from co-patron Del. David Ramadan (R-South Riding)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
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 with no guarantees as to the outcome, a disclosure of the average amount of money spent by the invention developer per customer in promoting an invention, and information as to how to file a complaint regarding invention development services with the Office of the Attorney General. The measure also increases the maximum amount of a civil penalty that the Attorney General may recover in an enforcement action from $3,000 to $25,000. The measure also clarifies that collected civil penalties will be deposited in the general fund. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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12/23/2013 | Committee |
12/23/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100927D |
12/23/2013 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/10/2014 | Assigned Courts sub: Civil |
01/21/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (HB180) |
01/23/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (HB180) |
01/29/2014 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) |
02/03/2014 | Committee substitute printed 14104654D-H1 |
02/03/2014 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/05/2014 | Read first time |
02/06/2014 | Read second time |
02/06/2014 | Committee substitute agreed to 14104654D-H1 |
02/06/2014 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB180H1 |
02/07/2014 | Passed by for the day |
02/10/2014 | Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 1-A) |
02/10/2014 | VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
02/11/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/11/2014 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
02/17/2014 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/19/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
02/20/2014 | Read third time |
02/20/2014 | Reading of amendment waived |
02/20/2014 | Committee amendment agreed to |
02/20/2014 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
02/20/2014 | Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) |
02/21/2014 | Placed on Calendar |
02/24/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (HB180H1) |
02/24/2014 | Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 2-N 1-A) |
02/24/2014 | VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 2-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
02/26/2014 | Enrolled |
02/26/2014 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB180ER) |
02/26/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (HB180ER) |
02/26/2014 | Signed by Speaker |
02/28/2014 | Signed by President |
04/07/2014 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 759 (effective 7/1/14) |
04/07/2014 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0759) |