Defeated Legislation

Legislation
HB 549
Status
Defeated
Defeated On
May 2017
Type(s)
Anti-boycott, State Investments
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HB 549 is an anti-boycott bill that prohibits the public employee retirement fund from investing in companies that engage in boycotts of Israel or territories occupied by Israel. The bill requires the state to create a blacklist of companies that boycott Israel to be published and updated by the state treasurer. The language targeting boycotts for Palestinian rights was added in a committee substitute version. This bill was replaced by HB 685.

Defeated Legislation

Legislation
SM 1
Status
Defeated
Defeated On
May 2017
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This non-binding resolution targets efforts to seek accountability via the United Nations for Israel’s ongoing violations of international law. It calls for the rejection of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 for contributing to BDS efforts and for trying to “extract concessions from Israel.” UN Security Council Resolution 2334 reaffirmed that Israel’s illegal settlements constitute a flagrant violation of international law. The US broke from its practice of blocking UN accountability measures focused on Israel and abstained rather than vetoing the resolution, causing consternation among pro-Israel groups. Related legislation: SJM 3.

Defeated Legislation

Legislation
SJM 3
Status
Defeated
Defeated On
May 2017
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This non-binding resolution targets efforts to seek accountability via the United Nations for Israel’s ongoing violations of international law. It calls for the rejection of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 for contributing to BDS efforts and for trying to “extract concessions from Israel.” UN Security Council Resolution 2334 reaffirmed that Israel’s illegal settlements constitute a flagrant violation of international law. The US broke from its practice of blocking UN accountability measures focused on Israel and abstained rather than vetoing the resolution, causing consternation among pro-Israel groups. Related legislation: SM 1 (2019).

Defeated Legislation

Legislation
SM 1
Status
Defeated
Defeated On
May 2017
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This non-binding resolution targets efforts to seek accountability via the United Nations for Israel’s ongoing violations of international law. It calls for the rejection of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 for contributing to BDS efforts and for trying to “extract concessions from Israel.” UN Security Council Resolution 2334 reaffirmed that Israel’s illegal settlements constitute a flagrant violation of international law. The US broke from its practice of blocking UN accountability measures focused on Israel and abstained rather than vetoing the resolution, causing consternation among pro-Israel groups. Related legislation: SJM 9.

Defeated Legislation

Legislation
SJM 9
Status
Defeated
Defeated On
May 2017
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This non-binding resolution targets efforts to seek accountability via the United Nations for Israel’s ongoing violations of international law. It calls for the rejection of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 for contributing to BDS efforts and for trying to “extract concessions from Israel.” UN Security Council Resolution 2334 reaffirmed that Israel’s illegal settlements constitute a flagrant violation of international law. The US broke from its practice of blocking UN accountability measures focused on Israel and abstained rather than vetoing the resolution, causing consternation among pro-Israel groups. Related legislation: SM 1 (2017).

Defeated Legislation

Legislation
HR 281
Status
Defeated
Defeated On
May 2017
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This non-binding resolution targets efforts to seek accountability via the United Nations for Israel’s ongoing violations of international law. It calls for the rejection of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 for contributing to BDS efforts and for trying to “extract concessions from Israel.” UN Security Council Resolution 2334 reaffirmed that Israel’s illegal settlements constitute a flagrant violation of international law. The US broke from its practice of blocking UN accountability measures focused on Israel and abstained rather than vetoing the resolution, causing consternation among pro-Israel groups. Related legislation: SR 574.

Defeated Legislation

Legislation
SR 574
Status
Defeated
Defeated On
May 2017
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This non-binding resolution targets efforts to seek accountability via the United Nations for Israel’s ongoing violations of international law. It calls for the rejection of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 for contributing to BDS efforts and for trying to “extract concessions from Israel.” UN Security Council Resolution 2334 reaffirmed that Israel’s illegal settlements constitute a flagrant violation of international law. The US broke from its practice of blocking UN accountability measures focused on Israel and abstained rather than vetoing the resolution, causing consternation among pro-Israel groups. Related legislation: HR 281.

Defeated Legislation

Legislation
HB 963
Status
Defeated
Defeated On
May 2017
Type(s)
Anti-boycott, State Investments
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This anti-boycott defunding bill penalizes public postsecondary education institutions that use state aid to fund or provide funds for membership in or travel to meetings of academic entities that engage in or support academic boycotts. Schools that violate the prohibition are not eligible to receive state funds during the academic year in which the violation occurred. The bill was introduced in response to resolutions by the Asian American Studies Association and American Studies Association endorsing the boycott of Israeli academic institutions complicit in Israel’s human rights violations.

Defeated Legislation

Legislation
HR 1001
Status
Defeated
Defeated On
May 2017
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This non-binding resolution condemns BDS and falsely claims that boycotts for Palestinian rights foster discrimination against Jewish students. Related legislation: SR 1184.

Defeated Legislation

Legislation
SR 894
Status
Defeated
Defeated On
May 2017
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This non-binding resolution opposes the academic boycott of Israeli universities and was introduced following resolutions by the Asian American Studies Association and American Studies Association in 2013 endorsing the boycott of Israeli academic institutions complicit in Israel’s human rights violations.