The US state of Texas’ Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act will bar certain critical infrastructure contracts with Chinese, Russian, Iranian, and North Korean companies as of next month, Government Technology reports. Texas reserves the right to expand the blacklist in the future. The law forbids Government or business contracts that would grant companies located in—or owned or controlled by citizens of—designated countries access to communications, cybersecurity, water, electricity, or hazardous waste infrastructure, excepting approved "product warranty and support purposes." Governor Abbott said the legislation "protects our critical infrastructure from hostile nations that seek to harm either the United States of…