Became P.L.2017, c.346, on January 16, 2018.
2016–2017 Session
Assembly Bill 492
Protects employee rights to ownership and usage of employee inventions developed entirely on employee's own time and without using employer's resources.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 12
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 12
Chief co-sponsor from Nov 21
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 8, 2018
2 co-sponsors
In the Senate
Sponsor from Dec 18, 2017
Its course
January 27, 2016 to January 16, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading72–0
Passed · Nov 21
Senate, third reading35–0
Passed · Dec 18, 2017
General Assembly, third reading70–0
Passed · Jan 8, 2018
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Oct 13
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Nov 30, 2017
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Jan 27 – Nov 21
- Jan 27Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Labor
- Oct 13Labor recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Nov 21Passed the General Assembly, 72 to 0
In the Senate Dec 5 – Dec 18, 2017
- Dec 5Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Labor
- Nov 30, 2017Labor recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 18, 2017Passed the Senate, 35 to 0
Back in the General Assembly Dec 20, 2017 – Jan 8, 2018
- Dec 20, 2017Returned to the General Assembly to agree to the Senate's changes
- Jan 8, 2018Passed the General Assembly, 70 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 16, 2018
- Jan 16, 2018Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2017, c.346