Just Vision

Anti-boycott
Legislation Tracker

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.


Explore Anti-boycott Legislation

Pennsylvania

  • Summary

    Pennsylvania's bill would prohibit the State Treasurer and state retirement systems from boycotting or divesting from Israel. It would also prohibit funding to an institution of higher education that engages in a boycott against or divestment from Israel.

Pennsylvania

  • Summary

    Pennsylvania's 2016 law prohibits the state from contracting with companies, organizations, and other entities for supplies, services, or construction unless the company certifies that it is not engaged in a boycott of a person or entity based in or doing business with a jurisdiction with which the state enjoys open trade. Israel is the only jurisdiction explicitly mentioned in the preamble of the bill.