HB2100 introduces the Kansas Public Investments and Contracts Protection Act, which prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions from showing favoritism or bias toward companies based on environmental, social, or governance (ESG) factors when awarding contracts. The bill bans fiduciaries of KPERS to prioritize the interests of participants and beneficiaries and restricts state agencies from implementing ESG criteria or imposing such standards on individuals or businesses.
The Kanas State Senate passed HB2100 on April 6, 2023 by a vote of 27 to 12. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because the government has a duty to protect Kansans’ individual liberties from the all-encompassing ‘woke’ environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) movement. As a political scam that seeks to proliferate worldwide and implement the United Nations’ Agenda 2030, ESG denies the property rights of American citizens by restricting their access to financial services, among others, preventing both companies and individuals from entering into contracts voluntarily based on their own interests with freedom of association. The Bill of Rights and 14th Amendment were written to protect against undue deprivations or disparagements of a person’s “property.”