Section 41-16-163 Governmental Entities May Not Require Companies, nor Penalize Them for Declining, to Engage in Economic Boycotts, Etc.

(a) No company in this state shall be required by a governmental entity to engage in economic boycotts, to establish or implement policies, procedures, guidelines, rules, reports, products, services, notices, disclosures, or rates or pricing; to provide or submit answers to surveys or other information requests or disclosures; to invest in or divest of certain securities, stocks, bonds, bills, partnerships, or other investment arrangements; or to initiate other corporate or business practices that further social, political, or ideological interests including, but not limited to, economic boycott criteria or other similarly oriented rating. (b) No company in this state shall be penalized, have economic harm inflicted on it, have commercial relations limited, or have the activities of the company changed or limited by a governmental entity because the company will not engage in economic boycotts; will not establish or implement policies, procedures, guidelines, rules, reports, products, services, notices, disclosures, or rates or pricing; will not provide or submit answers to surveys or other information requests or disclosures; will not invest in or divest of certain securities, stocks, bonds, bills, partnerships, or other investment arrangements; or will not initiate other corporate or business practices that further social, political, or ideological interests including, but not limited to, economic boycott criteria or other similarly oriented rating.