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This anti-boycott bill prohibits the state legislature and state agencies from contracting with vendors that discriminate against Israel or persons or entities doing business in Israel. Vendors are required to provide written certification of their compliance for contracts valued at $1,000 or more. The bill defines discrimination to include boycotts of Israel or persons doing business with Israel. The companion bill (HF 400) was signed into law.

This is an affirmative bill that repeals the state’s anti-boycott provisions put in place by HF 400.

This anti-boycott bill prohibits state investment by public employee retirement funds in companies that “boycott a person based in or doing business with a jurisdiction with which Michigan can enjoy open trade.” The bill calls for the creation of a blacklist of restricted companies and requires state retirement funds to stop investing in these companies. The bill defines boycotts as refusals to deal based on a protected characteristic and excludes those based on the specific conduct of a targeted person, meaning that boycotts for Palestinian rights would not be within its scope. 

This anti-boycott bill requires persons entering into state contracts to provide written certification that they are in full compliance with state anti-discrimination laws and are not and will not for the duration of the contract refuse to do business with any person on the basis of that person’s religion, sex, national original, gender identity, or sexual orientation. The bill does not apply to contracts worth less than $10,000. Boycotts for Palestinian rights based on an entity’s complicity in Israel’s violations do not discriminate on the basis of a protected class and thus fall outside the scope of the bill. However, the lawmakers who put forward these bills have stated their intent to exclude individuals and companies engaged in boycotts for Palestinian rights from state contracts. Similar bills failed to pass in 2017-2018 following pressure from state-level advocates.

This anti-boycott bill prohibits state investments in companies that boycott Israel or companies based in Israel or territories occupied by Israel. The bill calls for the creation of a blacklist of companies that engage in such boycotts and requires public retirement systems to divest direct holdings from blacklisted companies.

This anti-boycott bill requires persons entering into state contracts to provide written certification that they are in full compliance with state anti-discrimination laws and are not and will not for the duration of the contract refuse to do business with any person on the basis of that person’s religion, sex, national original, gender identity, or sexual orientation. The bill does not apply to contracts worth less than $10,000. Boycotts for Palestinian rights based on an entity’s complicity in Israel’s violations do not discriminate on the basis of a protected class and thus fall outside the scope of the bill. However, the lawmakers who put forward these bills have stated their intent to exclude individuals and companies engaged in boycotts for Palestinian rights from state contracts. State-level organizing helped defeat these bills. Related bill: H 1685.

This anti-boycott bill requires persons entering into state contracts to provide written certification that they are in full compliance with state anti-discrimination laws and are not and will not for the duration of the contract refuse to do business with any person on the basis of that person’s religion, sex, national original, gender identity, or sexual orientation. The bill does not apply to contracts worth less than $10,000. Boycotts for Palestinian rights based on an entity’s complicity in Israel’s violations do not discriminate on the basis of a protected class and thus fall outside the scope of the bill. However, the lawmakers who put forward these bills have stated their intent to exclude individuals and companies engaged in boycotts for Palestinian rights from state contracts. State-level organizing helped defeat these bills. Related bill: S 1689.

This anti-boycott defunding bill prohibits public higher education institutions using funds to provide for membership in or travel to meetings of academic entities that engage in or support academic boycotts. Public institutions of higher education that violate this measure will have their state funding reduced by 3% the following year. The bill was introduced following 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. Related legislation: SB 647.

This anti-boycott defunding bill prohibits public higher education institutions using funds to provide for membership in or travel to meetings of academic entities that engage in or support academic boycotts. Public institutions of higher education that violate this measure will have their state funding reduced by 3% the following year. The bill was introduced following 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. Related legislation: HB 998.

This anti-boycott bill prohibits state investment in and state contracts with individual vendors and companies participating in a boycott of Israel or territories occupied by Israel. The bill requires the creation of a blacklist of entities engaged in prohibited boycotts. Contractors must provide written certification that they are not on the blacklist and are not engaging in prohibited boycotts. State retirement funds are prohibited from investing in blacklisted entities. Civil rights groups and state-level advocates, including the Freedom to Boycott in Maryland coalition, helped defeat the bill. Related bill: SB 739.