republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-809.md

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Bill	Commerce and trade; bad faith assertions of patent infringement; prohibit	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other trade practices, so as to prohibit bad faith assertions of patent infringement; to provide for definitions; to provide for factors for determining whether a bad faith assertion of patent infringement has been made; to require the posting of a bond when a bad faith claim of patent infringement has been made; to provide for enforcement; to provide for damages; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 809	Georgia HB 809 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Bruce Williamson Geoff Duncan Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. Randy Nix Robert Dickey Virgil Fludd	5	16	1	2014-01-22	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/d6b20256-4359-4c29-8ec1-ab8e10085a49	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b76787cb45c985a4b48fa262426f71a5e9562875cd69b8adecd8f7b36c6e9cdc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 809 (2013_14) — Commerce and trade; bad faith assertions of patent infringement; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other trade practices, so as to prohibit bad faith assertions of patent infringement; to provide for definitions; to provide for factors for determining whether a bad faith assertion of patent infringement has been made; to require the posting of a bond when a bad faith claim of patent infringement has been made; to provide for enforcement; to provide for damages; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB 809/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 0524ER/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 0581S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 0581S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 39 0645S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 169–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
• Geoff Duncan — primary (person)
• Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
• Randy Nix — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)
• Virgil Fludd — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2014-01-22 House Hopper
• 2014-01-23 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-01-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-02-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-02-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-02-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-11 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-24 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 513 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6b20256-4359-4c29-8ec1-ab8e10085a49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).