Entities that Boycott Israel

Added requirement for Department of Management Services to work with public fund to identify state contract holders and notify companies they may be barred from future contracts.

Added requirement for public fund to report quarterly to Senate President and House Speaker, not just Board of Trustees.

Added requirement for public fund to provide written notice to scrutinized companies giving them 90 days to cease boycott activities before divestment.

Expanded 'Boycott Israel' definition to explicitly include academic boycotts and clarified that it includes trade practices prohibited by federal regulations under 50 U.S.C. s. 4842.

Added new definition for 'Other entity' to include educational institutions, nonprofits, agencies, local governments, and foreign governments.

Changed contract value thresholds for boycott restrictions from $100,000 to 'any amount' for companies on the Scrutinized Companies that Boycott Israel List.

Added 10-year disqualification period for grant applicants found engaging in boycotts or antisemitic discrimination, up from unspecified timeframe.

Increased civil penalty for false certification from unspecified amount to greater of $2 million or twice the contract value.

Added explicit exemption for indirect holdings in mutual/index funds, requiring public fund to request fund managers remove boycotting companies.

Extended contract termination provision effective date from July 1, 2025 to apply to any amount contracts, and added specific conditions for companies that ceased boycotts before October 1, 2016.

Added explicit definitions and prohibitions against antisemitic discrimination and antisemitic speech in conjunction with grant programs and contracts.

Added explicit language about academic boycotts and faculty union boycotts to the definition of boycott activities.

Updated certification requirements for grant applicants to include attestations against antisemitic discrimination and speech, not just boycott activities.

Changed contract termination provisions to apply to contracts of any amount for boycott-related violations, rather than only contracts over $1 million.

Extended the timeframe for public fund divestment from scrutinized companies from 12 months to allow for continued engagement before divestment.

Increased disqualification period for grant applicants engaging in boycott or antisemitic conduct from unspecified timeframe to 10 years after the action ceases.

Increased civil penalty for false certification violations from $2 million or twice the contract amount to three times the grant amount received.