Aye, the letter of these laws and measures is not exactly as prohibitive as one might expect. Still, it's a slimy tributary act in service to a foreign power that the U.S. doesn't owe any true allegiance.

It was intended to attack people who advertise their boycott. Basically, they could score woke points there, a la Ben and Jerrys. I think a boycott makes you more friends than it loses.

So these states want to give them a disincentive.