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Anti-boycott
Legislation Tracker

From Palestinian Rights to Environmental Sustainability to Gun Safety and Beyond

Since 2015, 35 states have passed laws intending to silence the 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 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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West Virginia

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    West Virginia's law requires the state to create a blacklist of financial institutions that boycott energy companies, disqualifying them from state banking contracts.

West Virginia

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    West Virginia's 2021 law prohibits the state 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 or territories it controls and will not engage in a boycott of Israel or territories it controls for the duration of the contract. The law does not apply to contracts valued at less than $100,000 or to companies that have fewer than 10 full-time employees.

West Virginia

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    West Virginia's law would make it illegal for financial institutions to "discriminate" against the firearms industry.

West Virginia

  • Summary

    West Virginia's law would require the state to create a blacklist of all companies that boycott Israel, disqualifying them from receiving state banking contracts.