To go along with what you are saying, here is an example of model legislation that I would guess most HNers would support. Reclaim Invention Act by the Electro

To go along with what you are saying, here is an example of model legislation that I would guess most HNers would support. Reclaim Invention Act by the Electronic Frontier Foundation which prevents state funded universities from selling patents to trolls. https://www.eff.org/reclaim-invention/legislation https://www.eff.org/reclaim-invention/legislation Here you have an organization which cares deeply about an issue, using their resources to come up with a bill that they believe would solve it. I would not think a state legislature was abdicating their responsibility if they introduced legislation based on the EFF model. In fact, I would be a lot more comfortable than if they tried to come up with legislation starting from a blank slate.