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Anti-boycott
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From Palestinian Rights to Environmental Sustainability to Gun Safety and Beyond

Since 2015, dozens of states have passed laws intending to silence boycotts of Israel. These anti-boycott bills remove the legal protection that has been awarded to boycotts for generations, granting governments the power to condition jobs on political viewpoints. In recent years, legislators have started using these laws as templates for a wider attack on Americans' ability to use boycotts as a means for social and political change — introducing bills that target boycotts of the fossil fuel and firearms industries, boycotts of companies that fail to offer reproductive health care or gender-affirming care, and boycotts of companies that fail to meet workplace diversity and equity criteria.


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Michigan

  • Summary

    Michigan's bill would amend the state's "Management and Budget Act" by requiring certain state contractors to sign a certification that they do not and will not for the duration of the contract "economically boycott a business enterprise." Broad in scope, the bill specifically mentions a prohibition for contractors to boycott businesses related to fossil fuels, timber, mining, agriculture and firearms.

Michigan

  • Summary

    Michigan's 2017 law prohibits state contracts with an individual or company that engages in a boycott of a person based in or doing business with a strategic partner. The law incorporates the definition of “strategic partner” from federal laws which focus solely on Israel.