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LA SB226

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Valarie Hodges

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits foreign adversaries and "prohibited foreign actors" from purchasing, leasing, or acquiring immovable property in Louisiana, applying to contracts entered after August 1, 2023

  • Expands the definition of "prohibited foreign actor" to include individual citizens of foreign adversary nations (not just business entities), unless they are U.S. permanent legal residents or lawfully present via DHS authorization

  • Authorizes the attorney general to seek injunctive relief, civil penalties of $50,000, and civil forfeiture if violators fail to divest property within one year of judgment

  • Grants courts authority to revoke business licenses, appoint receivers, dissolve domestic corporations, or terminate foreign entities' right to do business in Louisiana for violations

  • Exempts entities with national security agreements with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) that maintain the agreement and certify its validity annually to Louisiana's Military Department

Legislative Description

Prohibits foreign adversaries and prohibited foreign actors from participating in certain property transactions. (gov sig)

CONTRACTS

Last Action

Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

5/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary A4/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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