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LouisianaHB 6352026 Regular SessionHouse

CRIME: Provides relative to criminal activity committed by an agent of a foreign adversary or an agent of a foreign terrorist organization (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Dodie Horton (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.

Constitutional rights block foreign-law decisions

A decision is void and unenforceable in Louisiana if it meets two tests. It must rely partly or fully on foreign law and deny a right guaranteed by the U.S. or Louisiana Constitution. This covers decisions by courts, arbitrators, tribunals, and administrative agencies. Here, foreign law means law adopted and applied outside the United States by a federally identified foreign adversary or its jurisdiction.

Optional police training on foreign intimidation

Louisiana's Department of Justice, attorney general's office, and Bureau of Investigation may provide or adopt law-enforcement training on foreign intimidation. Training addresses recognizing and responding to harassment, threats, and other pressure from foreign adversaries or foreign terrorist organizations. It may include updated threats and tactics, using training from other state or federal agencies or specialized nongovernmental providers. The program is optional and may be implemented on or before July 1, 2027. The law provides no specific funding for it.

Extra prison time for foreign-directed crimes

The law adds prison time for qualifying crimes by agents of foreign adversaries or foreign terrorist organizations. Agents must knowingly act at the group's direction, on its behalf, or under its influence. Their intent must be to force someone to act for the group or leave the United States, block constitutionally protected conduct, or retaliate for it. Protected conduct includes lawful religion, speech, expression, assembly, and petitions to the government. For noncapital felonies punishable by up to five years, the law adds one consecutive year. For those punishable by more than five but less than 15 years, it adds two consecutive years.

New penalties for unlawful foreign-law enforcement

The law bans intentionally obstructing, detecting, investigating, monitoring, or surveilling a person or government entity to enforce foreign law or start prosecution under it. The intended enforcement or prosecution must violate Louisiana or U.S. law. Penalties are a fine up to $5,000, two to four years in prison, or both. For offenders acting as agents of foreign adversaries or foreign terrorist organizations, penalties rise to a fine up to $10,000, three to six years in prison, or both.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Dodie Horton

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Kathy Edmonston

    Republican • House

  • Valarie Hodges

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 109 • No: 29

Senate vote • 5/18/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 26 • No: 9

House vote • 4/21/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 75, nays 20. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 75 • No: 20

House vote • 4/8/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 308.

    5/22/2026House

  2. Effective date: 05/22/2026.

    5/22/2026House

  3. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/19/2026House

  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/19/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/19/2026Senate

  6. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/19/2026House

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/18/2026Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/7/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/6/2026Senate

  10. Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

    5/5/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

    4/27/2026Senate

  12. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/22/2026Senate

  13. Called from the calendar.

    4/21/2026House

  14. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 75, nays 20. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/21/2026House

  15. Called from the calendar.

    4/20/2026House

  16. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/20/2026House

  17. Notice given.

    4/20/2026House

  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.

    4/20/2026House

  19. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/14/2026House

  20. Notice given.

    4/14/2026House

  21. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.

    4/14/2026House

  22. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.

    4/13/2026House

  23. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/9/2026House

  24. Reported with amendments (8-0).

    4/8/2026House

  25. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    3/9/2026House

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