Elsewhere in the country, lawmakers in other oil and gas states are also eyeing the Texas law as a model. West Virginia
passed a bill earlier this year that would restrict the state from
working with banks that “have been shown to refuse, terminate or limit commercial activity with coal, oil or natural gas companies.” Meanwhile, a similar
bill introduced this year in Indiana would prohibit the state from making investments in companies that “boycott energy companies.” And a
bill working its way through the Louisiana House would establish the state as a “fossil fuel sanctuary” and forbid enacting certain policies that would specifically tax or financially hamper the industry.