TX HB 5543
withdrawnRelating to creating a private cause of action for bad faith claims of patent infringement.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower
Quick answers
Did TX HB 5543 pass?
No. TX HB 5543 was withdrawn on 2025-05-12 and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2025-05-12): Committee report sent to Calendars
What is TX HB 5543 about?
TX HB 5543 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to creating a private cause of action for bad faith claims of patent infringement.”.
Who sponsors TX HB 5543?
Meyer is the primary sponsor of TX HB 5543.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-07
- Latest action
- 2025-05-12 — Committee report sent to Calendars
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Meyerprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-14
Filed
filing
2025-04-07
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-07
Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
referral-committee
2025-04-30
Withdrawn from schedule
withdrawal
2025-05-07
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-07
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-05-07
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-05-07
Left pending in committee
2025-05-08
Considered in formal meeting
2025-05-08
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-05-08
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-12
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-12
Committee report distributed
2025-05-12
Committee report sent to Calendars
Versions
Documents
- text/html
- application/pdf
- text/html
- application/pdf
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- text/html(no extracted text yet)
- text/html
Votes
Not provided by source.
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
Official source
Attribution
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