Bill Text: TX HB3069 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to certain government contracts with and investments in companies that boycott Israel.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3069 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3069-Introduced.html
  88R11936 LRM-F
 
  By: Cunningham H.B. No. 3069
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain government contracts with and investments in
  companies that boycott Israel.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 808.001(1), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (1)  "Boycott Israel" means refusing to deal with or
  [,] terminating business activities with[, or otherwise taking any
  action that is intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or
  limit commercial relations specifically with] Israel, or with a
  person or entity doing business in Israel or in an
  Israeli-controlled territory, but does not include an action made
  for ordinary business purposes.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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