- Legislation
- SB 739
- Status
- In Effect
- In Effect Since
- August 2020
- Type(s)
- Anti-boycott, State Contracts
- Full Text
- Read SB 739
This anti-boycott law requires state contracts to include a written certification that the contractor is not and will not for the duration of the contract engage in a boycott of Israel or companies doing business in Israel. The law applies to companies, including non-profits, with 10 or more employees and contracts of $100,000 or more. Similar bills introduced during this session had extended state contract prohibitions to boycotts of “territories controlled by Israel.” The version that passed excluded this language related to Israel’s illegal settlements. Efforts by national and state-level civil and human rights groups helped defeat similar bills in 2018 and 2019. Related Bills: SB 544, SB 594, HB 1344, HB 1738, HB 2179.