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Civil-rights groups back bill to bar state procurement conditions tied to foreign-country boycotts
Summary
House Bill 1460 would prohibit Maryland agencies from requiring contractors to certify they do not participate in boycotts of foreign countries. Civil-rights and Muslim advocacy groups told the committee the measure protects First Amendment rights; sponsors cited an executive order and Supreme Court precedent.
On March 19 the Health and Government Operations Committee heard testimony on House Bill 1460, a measure to bar the State of Maryland from conditioning procurement on certifications that contractors do not participate in boycotts of foreign countries.
Representatives of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) urged the committee to pass the bill. A CAIR speaker said the measure would “prohibit…
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