Senate File 2265 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2265 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3089) A BILL FOR An Act relating to restrictions regarding companies boycotting 1 Israel. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5412SV (1) 89 ec/rn
S.F. 2265 Section 1. Section 12J.2, subsection 1, Code 2022, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. “Company” means any business or business entity , 3 including a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned subsidiary, 4 parent company, or affiliate of such business or business 5 entity, that is publicly traded and that is not based in the 6 United States. 7 EXPLANATION 8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 9 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 10 This bill provides that public sector restrictions regarding 11 companies boycotting Israel pursuant to Code chapter 12J apply 12 to a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned subsidiary, parent 13 company, or affiliate of such company. 14 -1- LSB 5412SV (1) 89 ec/rn 1/ 1