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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

Florida

  • Summary

    Florida's law requires banks, savings banks, savings associations or qualified public depositories to sign a written certification that they are not engaged in a boycott of the fossil fuels, firearms, timber, mining, and agriculture industries. It also prevents such entities from considering ESG or DEI factors in investment decisions.

Texas

  • Summary

    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.