Texas's 2021 law prohibits contracts with companies that "discriminate against the firearm and ammunition industries.” The law does not apply to contracts valued at less than $100,000 or to companies that have 10 or fewer employees.

Texas's law would expand the state's existing anti-boycott legislation to target boycotts of the mining, timber, and agriculture industries, as well as boycotts of companies that fail to meet workplace equity standards or environmental standards.

Texas's 2019 law amends the state's 2017 anti-boycott bill (HB 89) which was successfully challenged in federal court in Amawi v. Pflugerville Independent School District. The amended bill requires the state to create a blacklist of all companies that boycott Israel and require state entities to divest from blacklisted companies. The law also prohibits public entities from entering into a contract with a company unless the contract includes a written certification that the company is not currently engaged in a boycott of Israel and will not engage in a boycott of Israel for the duration of the contract. The bill does not apply to sole proprietors, companies with fewer than 10 employees, and contracts worth less than $100,000.

Texas's law would amend the state's existing anti-boycott legislation to prohibit public higher education institutions from investing in companies that boycott the fossil fuel industry. 

Texas's law would amend the state's existing anti-boycott legislation to prohibit public higher education institutions from investing in companies that boycott the fossil fuel industry. 

Texas's bill would amend the state's insurance code to limit insurance companies' capacity to enact environmental, social and governance policies, including boycotting the fossil fuels, timber, mining, agriculture and firearms industries, and boycotting companies due to their involvement in immigrant detention centers or due to failure to meet workplace equity standards.

Texas's 2021 law requires the state to create a blacklist of all companies that boycott energy companies and requires state entities to divest from blacklisted companies. The law also prohibits the state from entering into a contract with a company unless the company submits a written certification that it is not currently engaged in a boycott of energy companies and will not engage in a boycott of energy companies for the duration of the contract. The law does not apply to contracts valued at less than $100,000 or to companies that have 10 or fewer employees.

Texas's bill would amend the state's existing law targeting companies that boycott energy companies, expanding those implicated.