Speaking at the Christians United for Israel Washington Summit Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Florida is formally investigating financial ratings firm Morningstar over alleged anti-Israel bias and targeting.

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“They’re trying to smuggle anti-Israel policies into the so-called ESG [environmental, social and corporate governance] criteria,” he said.

The law signed by DeSantis prevents Florida from working with companies who are “taking adverse action, including changes to published commercial financial ratings … to inflict economic harm on Israel.”

Morningstar is a firm that has faced frequent criticism over concerns of anti-Israel bias, which they addressed late last year.

In April, Jewish News Syndicate warned that Morningstar’s practices could damage several companies over serving citizens in “occupied” territories in the region.