Californian Governor Jerry Brown signed into law, Saturday, a measure that prevents the state from making contracts worth over $100,000 with companies that boycott or discriminate against any sovereign state, including Israel, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
The bill does not prohibit companies working with the state from boycotting Israel. Rather, companies have to certify that they do not violate California civil rights laws in boycotting a foreign country – including Israel, the only country mentioned by name – according to The Jewish Journal. An earlier version of the legislation was modified to include reference to other countries in order to satisfy critics, who said it violated the constitutional right to boycott.